Phil Jackson speaks!

[ohboy109]

Said that the Knicks ara a clumsy team, they are not a good fit, meaning melo and amare. Carmelo has to be a better passer, amare is a good player but needs a certain system to produce also said Dolan did not call and said he would not have taken the job. this is from an interview that is going to air on HBO next week.

[Fury]

Yeah we're a bit clumsy, but so is Miami.

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Phil Jackson tells HBO NY Knicks are ‘clumsy’ and Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire ‘don’t fit together well’
Legendary Hall of Fame coach says he wouldn't have taken Knicks job, even if Garden called

By Michael O'keeffe / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, June 15, 2012, 7:47 PM
Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 8:00 PM

BOSTON - JUNE 13: Head coach Phil Jackson of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on against the Boston Celtics during Game Five of the 2010 NBA Finals on June 13, 2010 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics won 92-86.

Hall of Fame coach and former Knicks forward Phil Jackson is not impressed with the Knicks roster. In an upcoming 'HBO Real Sports' episode, the Zen Master says Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire can't play together.

There have been rumors that Phil Jackson would be hired to coach the Knicks before the team made Mike Woodson his permanent coach last month, but man who led the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers to 11 NBA titles says he wasn't interested in taking the helm of Jim Dolan's "clumsy" club.

In an "HBO Real Sports" interview that premieres on Tuesday, Jackson tells correspondent Andrea Kremer that Dolan never called - and he was glad.

"I wasn't gonna take that job, that's for sure," said Jackson, who played with the Knicks from 1967 to 1978.

Jackson suggests he has given a good deal of thought to coaching the Knicks - "New York is special," he says - but he dismissed the possibility of returning to Madison Square Garden because the current team is "clumsy."

"What's clumsy mean?" Kremer asked.

"Well, they don't fit together well. (Amare) Stoudemire doesn't fit well with Carmelo. Stoudemire's a really good player. But he's gotta play in a certain system and a way.

"Carmelo has to be a better passer. And the ball can't stop every time it hits his hands," Jackson continued. "They need to have someone come in that can kinda blend that group together."

"But wouldn't you have been the perfect person to come in and blend all that talent together?" Kremer said. "You sort of have a good history of that."

"Yeah," Jackson agreed. "Well, it never happened."

Jackson retired from coaching last year after the Dallas Mavericks, the eventual NBA champs, swept his Lakers were swept in a playoff series Several of his players acted boorishly in the Lakers' final game of that season. Center Andrew Bynum clothes-lined the Mavs' JJ Berea.

"It was humbling," Jackson told Kremer. "Not the way I wanna see my players behave on the court. Andrew particularly took his jersey off and walked off the court in a way that was, you know, sense of arrogance. The game itself was bad enough as it went. So it-- it was kinda like-- so this is how it's gonna end, huh? This is an interesting closure to chapter of basketball."

Jackson is recuperating from knee replacement surgery he had in March, and people close to him have said his improved health has got him thinking about returning to coaching.

Jackson acknowledges that he no longer suffers from arthritic pain, but he declined to comment about returning to the NBA.

"No, I'm not gonna answer that," he told Kremer. "I don't have an answer for that question."

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[Mr_Perfect]

*Cue irrational Phil Jackson hate for speaking the truth*

[Clyde_Style]

He was never coming here. Now it is said and done.

[Little Italia]

Real Sports is the truth.

[knicksNOTslick]

What he said is the truth, I'll give you that... and it's also true that Phil Jackson's the type of coach that will never take on a challenge. He wants a ready-made championship team. He's the best at controlling contenders, but we've seen other high-profile coaches take on teams that aren't. Phil Jackson just isn't one. He wants the easy route. Can't blame him since he's retired.

[JBreezeNY]

Speaking truth & I love that he did. What I don't love is this chase the girl shtick he had going, gassing up our fanbase, leaving subtle hints in reports that he would like to coach here yet we haven't reached out to him.

Love the man especially having roots with the Knicks but fu*k him for the BS.

One thing I disagree about is the passing thing. He said Melo should be a better passer yet says someone (a legit PG) should take the ball out of his hands, the ball shouldn't stop. Melo isn't the player who is going to set guys up nor should anybody believe he should be, because that's not what we brought him in for. When he gets the ball he's supposed to look to score, a point guard would really help that ball stopping issue.

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[Jay10]

the knicks can never have a good off-season.

the funny thing is -- people will freak out over what phil said, but we've known this to be true since dolan dropped the soap for the nuggets' organization.

[Woodsanity]

Who cares.

[Marty McFly]

I think everyone and their mom knew it wouldnt have happened with the teams is. Wouldnt he worked anyway. Its too bad though.

[JBreezeNY]

Time to change that sig homie