That's the stupidest thing I ever heard from a team executive giving a coach a pass for losing, if the Knicks didn't play that GLeague Bulls team twice in the last few games we would have wound up with the worst record in franchise history and not tied for it. Next season is on Mills/Perry but I didn't have much faith in Mills and still don’t esp after comments like this.Mills praised Fizdale for not veering from player development to “protect his record” this year. I say hold judgment on Fizdale. Definitely code that he was told to tank and he did it successfully.
Also, according to Mills, Patrick Ewing representing us at the draft lottery was Dolan’s idea.
I'd cut Fiz some slack but the other guy we could have had as the new Knicks coach, Coach Bud is a strong candidate to win COY with the job he did with the Bucks. Remember it was reported that Budenholzer really wanted the Knicks job and maybe KP stays if he were the coach instead of Fiz, Bud wouldn't have guided the Knicks to the playoffs with this roster but no doubt in my mind he's the better coach between the two.