New York Knicks: Enough Is Enough, Phil Jackson Is Sabotaging The Knicks
As the New York Knicks offseason begins to take shape, it’s looking more and more like Phil Jackson is sabotaging the franchise
There’s only so much nonsense that the New York Knicks should take when it comes to Phil Jackson‘s shenanigans. And enough is enough.
Sure, Jackson deserved a few buffer years because of his name. He’s known around the NBA as a leader, a winner. But not as a builder.
Yes, Jackson has won 11 NBA Championships – six with the Chicago Bulls and five with the Los Angeles Lakers, but by no means did he “build” any of those teams. Let’s not get it twisted. He’s not Pat Riley.
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Without Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, is Phil Jackson still Phil Jackson? There’s really no way to know, but that’s a different conversation for a different day.
Either way, what Jackson has done with the Knicks is embarrassing. The only thing that he has to show during his two-plus years on the job is Kristaps Porzingis. But even that has more to do with luck than his actual talents as a front office man.
But what he is rumored to want to be doing next is the final straw.
According to NBA reporter Peter Vecsey, Jackson doesn’t want anyone other than Kurt Rambis coaching the New York Knicks next season. And the report that David Blatt is being considered for the job is nothing more than a smokescreen, just so it “looks” like there are other candidates. If this is indeed true, this is the worst crime that Jackson has committed as the President of the Knicks.
David Blatt isn't being considered 4 Knicks opening. Never was, I'm told. Strictly a smokescreen, as is search by Jax. Rambis lone candidate
— Peter Vecsey (@PeterVecsey1) April 24, 2016
There’s so much in me that doesn’t want to believe this, but considering that Jackson didn’t even interview Tom Thibodeau, before he was named the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, or any other candidate (yet) for that matter concerns me.
It makes me believe that this could in fact be true.
And it actually lines up with some of the earlier reports – that the Knicks could be settling for Rambis. That doesn’t mean that’s OK, though.
The biggest problem with this whole Jackson-Knicks marriage is that it doesn’t sound like the former is all to dedicated to the latter. And that huge opt out after the 2016-17 season is looking square in the eye of Jackson and the Knicks.
We all know what’s going to happen after next season, and who’s going to be left to fix the mess that Jackson is going to leave the Knicks with?
Kurt Rambis?
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Enough is enough. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, until it comes to fruition. Phil Jackson needs to be fired. If the New York Knicks have any interest in rebuilding their franchise, they need to do it as soon as possible.