Phil Jackson
News came out that Phil Jackson will take over the New York Knicks basketball operations. Phil Jackson was previously the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers back when they were actually an elite team. Once Phil "retired" and left the Lakers he never guaranteed he wouldn't come back to basketball. The Lakers were even looking to hire Jackson and they chose the inferior Mike D'antoni over him. After all the talks were over more teams and basketball organizations saw Jackson as an option for coaching and staff. The New York Knicks recently hired him to make all the decisions basketball-wise for the Knicks. Well what does this mean? It means that nothing the team wants to do can happen without Jackson's consent and approval. Jackson can make choices that he feels will be the best for the team. Is this good news? I think so yes, but we can't look over the fact that the Knicks are absolute trash this year. We can't say Carmelo Anthony might leave New York. In fact, I think everything Jackson wants to do has to have Carmelo in it. If Carmelo is not included in the plans why did Jackson even come? Many questions need to be answered to be able to say this is a really good decision or a really bad decision. I'm happy for New York, they can celebrate Jackson coming to the team, but they certainly cannot celebrate their team as of now. Personally, I think the Knicks have had some bad luck this year and that coupled with that fact that they are not a very good team just a team with a really good player makes them a disappointment to the NBA. I think Jackson needs to also get rid of head coach Mike Woodson. Mike Woodson is a very respectable coach, but it's time to completely blow up the Knicks and hit restart. They have to center their team around Carmelo Anthony, make some MAJOR trades and get rid of some staff. One of those staff members being Mike Woodson. I think he's not the only reason for the Knicks failure, but one of the biggest. So in conclusion, Jackson really needs to make some changes with the team if he wants to succeed or else we're just going to see the same team over and over and once Carmelo is gone, it's all over.
Thanks for coming, I hope you found some interest in today's post, I sure had fun writing it for you guys! I'm going to try and get another post this week before Friday so keep your eye out for that. See you next time and until then Keep on Swishing!
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