A long shot, they're really trying to win these games. Should have had the W tonight, if we had made a couple of those layups we missed we might have won. Not what I expected with DRose and KP out but credit the young guys for playing hard.ORL won.... now tied with PHI.... both 2 ahead of NY.... a long shot.... but the 4th seed still in play for Knicks. We need INDY to lose to both ORL and PHI....
Still, ORL could win 2 more games and maybe PHI wins 1 game..... if this happens, we better lay down and tank that final game and let PHI blow us out.
11:30AM: Wizards PG Brandon Jennings described the tension between Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson as one of the "wildiest" situations he has been in during his eight seasons in the NBA. Jennings added that the issues between the two had an effect on the whole team.
"It definitely took a toll, I think, on the team. Because it wasn't even about basketball anymore, it was more about what was going on with Melo," Jennings said to Ian Begley of ESPN.
Jennings said it was "cool" playing with Anthony, but noted that the Knicks veteran leader was under a lot of pressure "dealing with stuff with Phil."
"I think it was just a roller coaster, an emotional roller coaster for him this year with everything he had to deal with, which isn't fair," said Jennings. "For a player to wake up every day and you're hearing trade rumors and you might be gone and this and that. It was like a two-week span where everybody was hitting your phone, (reading reports) about Melo leaving."
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We all know Phil is arrogant and has failed as a GM.... but let's face it, these "vets" who ant handle PJ's mind games are ultimately to blame. Mentally and emotionally weak and immature.
These ploys didn't both Pippen and Shaq.... they used it for motivation. Melo said trust in Phil.... but he never was willing to follow the script. He wanted to do it his way.... Melo was stubborn and that's why it failed. What had Melo ever won in NBA? 10 playoff wins in 14 years?
Like Taj Gibson said, dealing with trade rumors is easy bc they're still Millionaires living a dream,
Will still be playing the game the love, in a place that wants them.... why is this troubling?
dude, i'm sorry, but i'm not going to blame someone for not responding well to mind games lol. this isn't the military. this isn't boot camp. this is friggin' basketball.
phil's an ******* and the team was playing pretty well before he started with his ego-maniacal crap. saying that pippen and jordan responded well doesn't mean anything. that's them. that doesn't make it okay for phil to continue doing this sort of thing. so your boss harasses your co-worker and that co-worker is motivated by it. it's now YOUR fault because you don't like being harassed? come on man.
so what happens next year when he does this to KP, baby-gasol and whoever they draft? what if they don't respond well to it? blame it on them too? let another year go by with total disaster and blame it on guys who are trying to play basketball for not responding well to manipulative mind games? i'm sorry, man, but that's kind of getting ridiculous now. phil has to go. period.
dude, i'm sorry, but i'm not going to blame someone for not responding well to mind games lol. this isn't the military. this isn't boot camp. this is friggin' basketball.
phil's an ******* and the team was playing pretty well before he started with his ego-maniacal crap. saying that pippen and jordan responded well doesn't mean anything. that's them. that doesn't make it okay for phil to continue doing this sort of thing. so your boss harasses your co-worker and that co-worker is motivated by it. it's now YOUR fault because you don't like being harassed? come on man.
so what happens next year when he does this to KP, baby-gasol and whoever they draft? what if they don't respond well to it? blame it on them too? let another year go by with total disaster and blame it on guys who are trying to play basketball for not responding well to manipulative mind games? i'm sorry, man, but that's kind of getting ridiculous now. phil has to go. period.