Tag: Phil Jackson

  • New York Knicks – Finally Making Their Tanking Official

    New York Knicks – Finally Making Their Tanking Official

    Very few people are sad to see J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert leaving via trade, but this officially means the New York Knicks are tanking to try and finish at the bottom of the Eastern conference in the 2014-2015 season, which means the Philadelphia 76ers have competition for the worst team in the NBA.

  • New York Knicks – No One Thought It Was Going to be This Bad

    New York Knicks – No One Thought It Was Going to be This Bad

    Things keep getting worse for the New York Knicks, redefining pathetic with every game and loss that automatically comes. Carmelo Anthony is pretty much done for the season unless something surprising happens, and the Milwaukee Bucks beating them in their latest embarrassment in front of home fans served as another wake up call to those who thought this season might be about anything than tanking.

  • New York Knicks – So How Bad Are Things Right Now?

    New York Knicks – So How Bad Are Things Right Now?

    The latest episode of the ‘NBA’ featured its most embarrassing character, the New York Knicks, featured them losing for a ninth consecutive time, this time to the Los Angeles Clippers 99-78, and it wasn’t even that close. Things are bad , real bad.

  • New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony is Delusional if he Thinks He’s Underrated

    New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony is Delusional if he Thinks He’s Underrated

    The New York Knicks had a chance to start fresh this summer but got stuck with a max contract and Carmelo Anthony, a very good player that will never lead them to a championship and also thinks that he’s actually underrated by what he considers to be so-called basketball experts.

  • New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Needs an Offense That Completes Him

    New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Needs an Offense That Completes Him

    Two perceptions of Carmelo Anthony have a lot to do with the players around him and the head coach he has, and often are less about him: Anthony being a ball hog, and Carmelo being terrible in the fourth quarter last season for the New York Knicks.

  • NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Interested in Signing Pau Gasol

    NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Interested in Signing Pau Gasol

    Despite all the hoopla around the bigger names in free agency, one of the best players available for signing is Pau Gasol. Now the New York Knicks don’t have a lot to offer in terms of salary, but they’re hoping that the presence of Phil Jackson and his ability to sell a good future will help them land the Spanish big man.

  • Game of Thrones – The NBA Version 2.0

    Game of Thrones – The NBA Version 2.0

    The guys (and girls???) over at Bleacherreport aren’t tired of making Game of Thrones videos with NBA connections, releasing another ‘Game of Zones’ cartoon that depicts the Miami Heat waiting in a tower, the San Antonio Spurs marching over the ice and Derrick Rose dreaming again.

  • NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Tricking Carmelo Anthony Into Staying

    NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Tricking Carmelo Anthony Into Staying

    Hiring a new head coach, a new general manager or puppet master – all this so the New York Knicks don’t enter one of the more depressing seasons in their recent history, and mostly so Carmelo Anthony will think that staying on for at least one more season of decay and not being close to chasing a title ring is the right choice for him. Who knows – maybe they’ll actually convince him things will be better.

  • New York Knicks – Derek Fisher is Their Next Head Coach

    New York Knicks – Derek Fisher is Their Next Head Coach

    It seems the search for a head coach is over as far as the New York Knicks are concerned, making Derek Fisher their new man in charge which also effectively ends his playing career after playing in the NBA for 18 seasons.

  • NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Interested in Derek Fisher as a Head Coach

    NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Interested in Derek Fisher as a Head Coach

    No one knows if Derek Fisher of the Oklahoma City Thunder is going to retire or not at the end of this season, but that isn’t stopping the New York Knicks from showing a growing interest in him as a head coaching prospect. However, the Knicks aren’t in any rush to make a decision, while Fisher seems to be focusing on playing in the playoffs, trying to steer away from distractions.