2017 NBA Off-Season Thread

Phil Jackson and the Knicks are "parting ways"

Originally posted by Knowledge:

Phil Jackson and the Knicks are "parting ways"

Knicks are cursed

I'm glad this will tarnish Phil's legacy a bit, good manager of egos, but damn the all-time greats he coached made him.

What a joke of a GM/front office guy

Originally posted by Knowledge:
Phil Jackson and the Knicks are "parting ways"

glad that horrendous experiment is coming to an end

Originally posted by sacniner:
I'm glad this will tarnish Phil's legacy a bit, good manager of egos, but damn the all-time greats he coached made him.

What a joke of a GM/front office guy

I don't think it will tarnish anything. I mean, look at Jordan in Admin or Magic when he coached.

Originally posted by sacniner:

I'm glad this will tarnish Phil's legacy a bit, good manager of egos, but damn the all-time greats he coached made him.

What a joke of a GM/front office guy

I don't think it will tarnish him as a coach. Magic was a terrible coach, Jordan has been a mediocre owner, Isaiah was an atrociously bad GM, they are all remembered favorably for their exploits as players.

Originally posted by Sims19849ers:

Originally posted by Knowledge:
Phil Jackson and the Knicks are "parting ways"

glad that horrendous experiment is coming to an end

Just goes to show you , Phil needed at least 2 Elite stars, and a strong bench to succeed , I would have loved to have seen him coach a team with less talent, and build a strong team from the ground up , as a front office big wig , Phil hasn't achieved much , drafting Porzingis and Hernangomez were his only coupes as a GM, but he failed miserably and failed to put a competitive team on the floor, and forced that tired old triangle on a team that didn't have the talent to run it properly , he fielded offers for Porzingis which help his demise from the team, and forcing the issue of buying out Carmelo , I could care less about James Dolan's money , but Phil had the Knicks pointed in a direction that would have resulted in new lows

Originally posted by Jcool:

Sources: After Paul informed Clippers he'd sign w/ HOU in FA, teams agreed to deal sending Beverley, Decker, Williams and 2018 FRP for Paul. https://t.co/9Lk9FPEPbu

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 28, 2017

What?!?!?!?!?!? Wow

What a huge trade for Houston. They gave up practically nothing.

chris paul to rockets

That's a huge, one-sided trade. Where's Stern to shut it down?

Going to be interesting:

Originally posted by Jcool:

Going to be interesting:

Per @bball_ref here is the pace of CP3 led teams (most recent years listed 1st):
16th
14th
16th
7th
19th
27th
29th
15th
28th
26th
23rd
21st

— Darius Soriano (@forumbluegold) June 28, 2017

It's a great fit imho.

His coaches were Vinny and Doc Rivers in LA. Neither asked him pushed pace.