PHIL JACKSON FIRED

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tl;dr Phil asked Doland to waive Melo even though he has a gorillion dollars left on his 2 year contract, like 60 million or w/e, and Doland was just like THE FUCK OUTTA HERE

>The New York Knicks and team president Phil Jackson are expected to announce that they're parting ways early Wednesday morning, sources told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.

>Conversations between Jackson and Knicks owner James Dolan accelerated this week, when the Knicks decided they would not buy out embattled forward Carmelo Anthony, sources said.

>Jackson had made it well known, both publicly and privately, that he felt it was best for Anthony and the organization to part ways, but Anthony refused to waive his no-trade clause, and the Knicks were determined not to accommodate any request for a buyout. Anthony has two years worth over $54 million remaining on his deal.

>Jackson had no plans to work beyond the two years remaining on his own contract, and with no clear end to the stalemate with Anthony in sight, discussions with Dolan accelerated late Tuesday night.

>Some close to Dolan had been pushing him to consider firing Jackson for much of the season, sources told ESPN's Ian Begley.

>Knicks general manager Steve Mills will stay in his current role and lead the team during free agency, sources said.

>Phil makes A+ cornerstone draft pick that everyone thought was dumb
>Will be known as the villain

The problem is Dolan. It's always been Dolan.

>>76808344
triangle in [current year] is retarded

Signing Carmello long term was the dumbest move ever from this old fuck, dug his own grave therr

>>76808360
this

should've just tanked then and there

hinkie 3 steps ahead playing 8 dimensional ping pong as per usual

>>76808344
Clarence Gaines made the pick. Phil's sole saving grace was the fact that he pretty much trusted Gaines implicitly, which is why New York keeps finding amazing euros everywhere lately. As long as Gaines stays on board, we'll be fine.

>>76808355
because players are too dumb and phil and his triangle were memed out of serious consideration before even being given a chance by young entitled unskilled idiots

>>76808309
Fuck Carmelo the one dimensional career loser. Fuck KP the unprofessional entitled twat.

The Knicks destroy the legacy of anyone who goes there

>>76808391
End of the day it's a player's league. You can't run a system that most of the league feels uncomfortable with. Better off implementing a more modern style of motion like what goes on in GS/SA/BOS/ATL/BRK.

My ideal scenario is the Knicks now going after Griffin for the front office and tracking down David Blatt to coach. We have a yuro core, might as well use a tried and true yuro coach to implement the style of offense they're used to.

>>76808391
No it's just irrelevant in the age of the 3

>>76808414
>blatt

Please happen

>>76808414
>david griffin

getting lebron doesnt make you a good gm

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>>76808309
hahaha, suck it hard you fucking faggot

>>76808415
>triangle
>need 2 good players
>modern basketball
>''age of the 3''

pottery

>>76808309
At least this stupid cuck faggot finally grew up and shaved his soul patch

>>76808399
Chitown wouldn't mind taking KP off your hands.

I'm mad about this. The knicks needed a direction and Phil wanted to go young for the first time in 2 decades instead of win now mode. Melo and KP are soft and I guess they got their way. Time to get swept in the first round of the playoffs and have every draft pick traded. PHIL DID NOTHING WRONG

>>76809024
he just gave Melo a max deal and then shit on him openly

>>76809053
>shit on him openly

he told the fucking truth about him and it wasn't even that bad. It was strictly basketball speak. These players are soft as fuck. It's not like he called him a nigger. He did it to Kobe,Jordan,Shaq too.

>>76809024
>letting someone who has never been part of a rebuilding team for his entire career direct a rebuild
>letting someone who was carried by jordan, pippen, rodman, and then kobe and shaq be in control of a rebuilding team
How fucking stupid are you?

>>76809205
enjoy dolan you dumb fucking baboon. Enjoy having ZERO draft picks going forward. Enjoy watching melo chuck the ball for another 2 years and most importantly say GOODBYE to Clarence Gaines. How long have you been watching the knicks? They're in the best position they've been in in the last 2 decades with 3 young potentially good players on rookie contracrs. Ignore the media for a second and their ridiculous "outrage". Nobody was going to come to ny before phil either way.

Is Hinkie available?

>>76808344
>Phil picked KP
Love this meme.

>>76809264
imagine the memes in the Atlantic

So, regardless of whether or not the decision was good, what do you think the Knicks need to do next?

>>76809324
hire a proven gm and tank properly. Remove Kurt Rambis.That's literally it.

>>76809324
Buy out Noah. Don't sign a new contract with Rose.
I don't know who they should get, though. Hard to imagine a good player wanting to go there.

>>76809448
>Buy out Noah. Don't sign a new contract with Rose.

Quite the youth rebuild from Phil lol

>out of dolan, melo, and phil, knicks fans actually blame phil
>knicks fans are this retarded

>>76808322
>fires Phil
>keeps Melo
Might as well get rid of both cancerous cunts at the same time

What's the next step in his zen masterplan?

>>76809643
They all deserve blame, and Phil deserves it more than Melo. Dolan is obviously the worst though.

What can you blame Melo for anyway besides squandering his potential? He's not really hampering the team in any way. As disappointing as he is, he's still kind of worth the money he's paid.

melo is overated as fuck.

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how long before the triangle dies without phil?

>>76809747
Curry to Apemond to Iggy/Livingston/McGee/West is like 25% of their halfcourt sets, no? Presenting threats from both high blocks, or one high block and one elbow arc is as efficient as they come without having more than one ball.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Phil Jackson finally got fired! Fuck him!

What a joke!

no title since 1973

1973.

>be in the dolan era
>breaking news story
>'after careful consideration, the knicks are going in a different direction'

oh, so its been 3 years already?

>>76808309
>Dolan lets him draft a literal who
>Fires him after the draft
>Dolan still owns the team

it's fucking nothing. this team is doomed forever

>>76809252
Why can't they keep Clarence? And Dolan was going to meddle no matter who had the reins.

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>>76809689
This meme has to die

>>76809448
At least become a bad fun team like Brooklyn is now, or Lakers were in the nick young era. Tank and let Melo try to play the kobe tank role for the rest of his contract and surround Melo with projects who aren't expected to be good for a while and can develop while Melo takes the heat of the Knicks failures. Daily blowjobs from all staff members for KP to resign at all costs.

>>76808309
THANK GOD

FUCK THIS NIGGER

>>76808795
>it's like poetry. it rhymes
>change it to pottery so no one besides the in group understands
lol lakers fans

>>76809689
He is a scorer, and he is still very productive at this point in his career.

>>76809689
t. retard

>people unironically defending phil
>people unironically pretending he was directing a rebuild
>people unironically positing that he had anything to do with the teams drafting

the knicks will still be a dumpster fire for years to come as long as dolan is the owner (as evidenced by the fact it took cutting carmelo to get dolan to fire him, as opposed to phils insane idea to draft their budding young superstar) but this needed to happen. hes a moron who handed out the single worst contract in the NBA last year and probably wouldve done the same for d rose this year. the triangle is completely outdated in the modern era, you have a mega-talented stretch 4 who is tailor-made to fit the direction NBA offense is trending and you wanna relegate him to the triangle?

>>76810832

>draft their budding young superstar

obviously meant "trade" not "draft" here

Knicks fans don't know what the fuck they want. They wanted Melo, they got him. They wanted Phil Jackson, they got him. New Yorkers are just delusional people.

>>76809689
He's still the third best player in the world

>>76810878
>He's still the third best player in the world

He really isn't.

>>76808355
>have shitty players
>pay Melo 30 mil a year
I-its the triangle's fault!

>>76810878

THIS is how delusional Knicks fans are.

>>76810869
t. flyover sister fucker

>>76810869

They didn't want Porzingis when Phil got him.

Phil tries to trade him and they flip shit.

Knicks fans are the worst.

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>>76810878

>>76810935
it was the other way around, phil didnt want porzingod but the other guys in the room pushed for him.

>>76808309
YES YES YES

only thing is why did we draft the french point guard already

>>76810878

HAHAHAHA

lets see your top ten. i want to know how a sub-70 IQ looks.

>>76808309

The Zen Master can't master shit without an all star lineup.

>>76808309
Remember how excited Knick fags were when he was first hired? People warned you fags he was a fraud that road the coat tails of great players and God tier assistant coaches.

>>76810913
Melo is easily the second best scorer in the world.. third best player

>>76811944
cant shoot the meme

almost even ryan anderson is a better "scorer" than melo now, i guarantee at least half the teams would take anderson over melo

>>76810988
i think it was more the fact the fucking triangle isnt compatible to the modern nba

Pjax will never be on the level of Riley or Pop because he can't build a team like those two can

>>76808344
you realize he was trying to trade porzingod just last week, right?

>>76812216
>ryan anderson

kek. now you're just embarrassing yourself. A New Yorker such as myself has forgotten more about basketball than you'll ever know. Keep acting like you know anything,

>>76812216
(You)

Phil's coming home to LA

>>76808309

finding a way to get rid of melo was the smart move. too bad dolan refuses to change course.

>>76809264

He would sooner sign with brooklyn

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>>76812913
>>76812929

>>76810878

top ten maybe. maybe.

>>76812934

he'll try to get back with jeanie.

>>76813083
the great romance tale of our time

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based

Senile old man

>>76812612
no it's because he never built a team in his life, so why would he start at 70?