Mills is full of his usual BS. How the guy keeps his job after giving a scrub like Baker 9M when nobody in the league was offering him the rookie minimum or that contract he gave THJ when the Hawks pegged his value at less than 50M.
Porzingis was a rising star, an AS and the best draft pick to come along since Ewing. Losing him is going to to set them back an unquantifiable amount. Weren't they going to use him as the face of the franchise to attract other FAs? If he had seen some progress on the court as far as wins maybe they could have kept him but you had Fizdale throwing out random lineups night after night and benching his best players for young guys that didn't deserve to play ahead of the vets. Maybe Fiz should have had them rotate through the GLeague instead to get their playing time. I still don't know if Fizdale really has a strategy because it sure looks like he's tanking but who knows, all I know is the team is worse in mid season than it was in NOV.
And that BS with Obama's brother in law that the organization has the secret sauce for player development but he could not share it because then it wouldn't be secret.
Now after trading him the Knicks have to get real lucky and hope they have a 14% chance of getting Zion or that any top FA is going to sign when the guy they call the Unicorn isn't here to play with them. I doubt it, more likely they pay THJ money for a guy like KCP, who couldn't get more than 1 year deals from the Lakers or that procession of 1 yr players like DRose, Affalo, DWill that we've had since PJ was here and speaking of PJ how come Mills doesn't get some of the blame for that disaster, wasn't he president at the time and wasn't he in on the interview process. Perry might be a good hire but Mills has proven nothing and Porzingis had every right to say under his breath the Knicks are full of it with the record what it is.
I find it comical that some NBA talking heads who pooped on KP while he was a Knick are suddenly claiming he?s better than Kyrie.
I?m extremely disappointed that KP?s immaturity brought us to this point.
Games played: 72, 65, 48, 0...
And, let?s be honest, he was the unicorn until Jan all 3 seasons. His body not strong enough to handle 82 game season THEN the post season. Nobody that tall has suffered ACL injury... there are major health concerns.
It?s a shame that KP has hated Knicks since P-Jax and Melo parted ways. I find it alarming he didn?t give the new regime a new chance... but maybe he just didn?t like Mills and Dolan.
But what were our options? KP returns and looks like Gordon Heyward? He has no trade value next feb... then he walks next summer?
KP is 23... in a great org now, alongside a perfect fit for him. I wish him luck and hope he stays healthy and proves what he is on the court, one way or another.
I want to believe Perry did his due diligence and sniffed around and didn?t jump at the first offer.
I?m hoping we don?t sit back and be at the mercy of free agents. Try to pry a Ball, Jrue player (if AD is going to LA). I hope we look at Parker and other options.
I think Russell?s emergence has bolstered DSJ?s stock...
But, mainly, I hope we find a coach who lets the kids play and works on the OFFENSE!!! Every rule is geared towards the offense and we have a coach trying to demand defense from young kids. Sure, work on it... but focus on their offense and just make sure they hustle in the other end and don?t develop bad habits.
So... Fizdale better let DSJ do his things. Maybe we fall for Mudiay-DSJ and don?t have to max out the oft injured Kyrie. Don?t freak out if the 30-yr-old Durant won?t come unless he gets sun and moon.
Try to pry Harris or Kwahi... be smart and realize a real rebuild is fine. We have teenagers!!! We have time to build this right.
In order for this gamble to be digestsable... we must develop DSJ and we must turn those 2 first rounders into at least 1 impactful player.
This hurts, but this is what we should?ve done when Melo wanted to bolt to CHI.
I agree with front office in the sense that we want people who want to be here.
