For awhile. Perry said, “We’ve been below the line to this point but hopefully this next stretch of 10 games we’ll be above that line and be more consistent.’’
That sounds like a 10-game ultimatum.
“We’ve got to keep pounding the rock, if you will, until it finally takes over,’’ Perry said.
Or Fizdale could be pounding the pavement.
“I live in that sense of urgency,’’ Fizdale said. “I don’t need anyone to speak to give me a sense of urgency. I’m not cruising through this thing like I got a bunch of time to get a team together. I appreciate them speaking on my behalf and speaking about our team but I live in that.
“The work is being put in but it is not transferring right now. I’ll figure that out.’’
If you remember what Mills said at the start of the season, they look at how the team is doing in 10 game stretches. Next 10 games may be Fizdale's last if he duplicates the record of his first 10.Countdown started for Fizdale, if a mircale doesn't happen during the next 10 games we might see the last of him..
https://nypost.com/2019/11/11/knicks-overdue-apology-tour-is-bad-news-for-david-fizdale/
I think if you’re Scott Perry, you’re already on the phone with Mark Jackson.
Just read a report online that Dolan is going after Masai Ujiri. This would be a brilliant hire, but how many draft picks would it require to get him from Toronto?
Just read a report online that Dolan is going after Masai Ujiri. This would be a brilliant hire, but how many draft picks would it require to get him from Toronto?
You have to at least look into the possibility of getting him. I'd put out feelers to see if he's interested, we can't give him an ownership interest since the Knicks are part of a public corporation but there are rumors that they'll be spun off of the parent company so maybe there is that incentive in the near future. We have the Mavs picks, I'd gladly trade those.We should leave that alone it's gonna be too costly and risky. That's why the Wizards couldn't make any hay there
By bringing in Ujiri, Isola reports the Knicks would hope to put themselves in play for Giannis Antetokounmpo when his contract expires after the 2020-21 season. Ujiri has long-standing ties to the Antetokounmpo family, helping them emigrate from Nigeria to Greece.
Ujiri is under contract with the Raptors through 2021, and Toronto?s ownership group would presumably pull out all the stop5 to retain his services. For his part, Ujiri has not wavered from wanting to remain north of the border and compete for more championships.
?For me it's always been about Toronto,? Ujiri said at his season-ending press conference. ?I love it here. My family loves it here. My wife loves it here, which is important. My kids are Canadian. I want to win more... in my mind, I'm here."
You have to at least look into the possibility of getting him. I'd put out feelers to see if he's interested, we can't give him an ownership interest since the Knicks are part of a public corporation but there are rumors that they'll be spun off of the parent company so maybe there is that incentive in the near future. We have the Mavs picks, I'd gladly trade those.
TLue would be a guy I would look at for the next head coach as well.
Mills is selling owner James Dolan on a roster constructed to be highly competitive in the Eastern Conference, leaving Fizdale vulnerable to an ouster only weeks into the second season of a four-year contract that league sources say is worth $22 million.
Days before exiled star Kristaps Porzingis returns to Madison Square Garden with the Dallas Mavericks, Mills delivered the first public salvo on shaping an organizational narrative that the Knicks' struggles aren't born of an overmatched roster, but the lack of a "consistent level of effort and execution."
Rival coaches and executives see a mismatched Knicks roster slow of foot, without legitimate NBA guard play, but Mills is selling Dolan on a poorly coached team that is underachieving at 2-8 to start the season, league sources said. Around Madison Square Garden and the league, the timing and tone of the news conference was met with considerable surprise and dismay -- and it was considered to be a complete undermining of Fizdale.
"Everyone is moving to their positions now," a league source close to management and the coaching staff told ESPN. "This is how they'll make (Fizdale) the fall guy."
Mills has presided over the arrivals and departures of five Knicks coaches. His overall record as team president is 165-337, including 48-126 since taking the job over from Phil Jackson in 2017.
As an organization, the Knicks could have survived missing out on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in July free agency -- but the trading of Porzingis to the Mavericks for role players and two first-round picks looms far more devastating to the franchise's future. Porzingis asked for a trade in February after management was unable to correct a rift with him --- or convince him of a path toward competency in the Eastern Conference.
Fizdale chose the Knicks over several other offers in 2018 -- including Atlanta, Charlotte and Phoenix -- under the assumption that he'd eventually coach Porzingis. Fizdale accepted responsibility for the team's struggles in his own postgame news conference Sunday night.
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Mills is so bad.... if it costs Knox and a couple picks to get Majri.... I’ll trade anything to get rid of Mills.
Mills is bball version of a Teflon Don, managing to always hang on despite seeming incompetence. I think Dolan has seen enough, it started with the Hardaway signing, Ron Baker and now JRandle it seems is another in a long line of overpaid stiffs. Perry may deserve a little more rope but Mills has a long track record of mediocrity and that entire front office is in dire need of reorganization with a new president at the top replacing Mills.Mills has presided over more than 500 games as either GM or team president.... the Knicks are 200 games below .500 under his watch. He needs to go.... pronto!