Post#1258 » by Richard4444 » Thu Jun 3, 2021 6:05 am
dakomish23 wrote:Richard4444 wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:I think they clearly wanted to tank for Zion. They were bad on purpose that year. They let Fizdale run wild and played Knox major minutes without holding him accountable despite being trash. That's tanking.
Is that a serious team?
Mudlay/Burke/Frank
Tim/Dotson/
Knox/Mario
Vonleh/Lance
Kanter/Mitch
Reporter: David, Do you feel any pressure here as a first year coach here to win as many games as possible or have Scott and Steve given you the freedom to establish an on court identity and culture first?
Fiz: the best part for me when we sat down for our interview is the first words they said to me was “Tank? We will not EVER tank”. And that’s the thing that resonated with me the most. “Go out and try to win every game.”
28:20 at the 18-19 Knicks preseason press conference
https://dailyknicks.com/2018/09/20/new-york-knicks-steve-mills-james-dolans-support-teams-plan/As I said before, Mills wants to compete all the time. He was forced to flip mid season b/c yet another Mills product was abysmal.
Coaches do not tank. They will try to compete always.
But a Front Office that builds a roster with Tim as your franchise player and Mario, Vonleh, Knox, Kanter, and Mud as your main rotation players, is ready to tank the season.
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Brunson/Nembhard/Micic
IQ/Strus/Ben Sheppard
Butler/Nesmith/Watford
Batum/Boucher/Morris/
Embiid/Plumlee/Landale/