chipchipperson wrote:IkeDoIt wrote:MitchB3 wrote:Carmelo did it to myself though? People forget that Melo was a free agent and had the opportunity to leave but didn't want too, why? Because the Knicks can offer him more money. There has to be some part of you that knew that you and Phil wouldn't work, there are certain systems you know that won't fit your game and Melo, the Triangle isn't your game.
This goes both ways. Phil Jackson and the Knicks organization knows Carmelo wasn't and will never be a fit for the Triangle. But Phil chose to give him almost max money and a No Trade Clause. Teams don't have to sign or resign free agents just because the player wants to sign there. Now Phil is having problems and now Porzingis the Unicorn, whom he wants to rebuild around, isn't happy and may leave in 2 seasons after seeing 2 losing seasons and the horrible treatment of players.
Phil Jackson took the 2nd Seed in the East and turned it into this... think about that
A lucky 2 seed in a particularly weak east that relied heavily on an almost finished Tyson chandler and the corpse of jkidd. Over capped. Almost no picks... How was that one flukely season remotely sustainable?
By repeating the same, rather simple, formula? What bit role players that changed the mentality and culture of the team was so sought after that it would not be possible to replace? But the point that you are missing apparently is that you need the right type of players around (or on a team with) Carmelo Anthony as your main offensive weapon. Other than that year, the Knicks have had crap in terms of fit. And unlike pretty much every other "star" level player that has done better than him, those players had MUCH BETTER 2nd and even 3rd players around him. If you take a look at every player that has been on the team with Anthony the most consistently productive and impactful player has been JR Smith. Let me repeat...JR Smith.
Well that's IF the best plan was to continue to try to be the 2nd or 3rd team in the East (and by no means am I implying that that is the ideal or best plan). But that's a better plan than whatever nonsense Phil Jackson has been hashing out there for his tenure (making trades where he gets only what he values players he trades at not what the other team values them at, by giving Anthony that ludicrous NTC AND trade kicker, by pulling an Alan Houston and bidding against no one but himself for Noah and that idiotic contract he gave him, etc.). Jackson doesn't appear to have a plan other than going by whatever the peyote tells him the morning after. If he does, then it's a **** plan.