UPDATE: Phil Jackson, New York Knicks agree to part company :philjacksonlol:

[Worthless Loser]

About time. GOAT Coach, WOAT Executive. Take his ass back to LA and sit his ass down somewhere away from basketball.

 

[seemorecizzy]

if Phil goes, Melo gots to go too

melo didnt do anything
phil did this to himself

 

[MostReal]

Sounds about right

Dolan my gosh man

 

[Remote]

Sign Sam Hinkie next....

 

[Panther]

 

[Paper Boi]

kobe, magic and kareem the only ones out here upholding that lakers greatness


fish, phil and shaq been making fools of themselves lately.

 

[kuts]

Crazy how these nikkas have 60 million to waste like that

Empire State of mind

 

[AVXL]

Oh shyt

 

[kuts]

Yep watch them get washed bums and more ISO ball. I'm glad he left now the coli can truly see how much of a bum Melo is.

ISO ball is how you play in NYC

 

[Trapperman Dave]

If true less pressure on frank. He and porzingas can play loose and jeff can put his offense into motion.

 

[tremonthustler1]

The fukked up part is trading zingis is probably the knicks best bet. They could get a haul of picks and young players and have a true rebuild.

Instead they will try to build around him with no assets and pretty much be a mediocre team. Honestly i think he leaves in free agency.

He's 22. If you don't have the ability to rebuild around Porzingis, give up, because you're hard pressed to do a better job with lesser players than a super young KP on a rookie deal

 

[Frump]

He's 22. If you don't have the ability to rebuild around Porzingis, give up, because you're hard pressed to do a better job with lesser players than a super young KP on a rookie deal

Dolans a huge Melo fan who's to say he doesn't tell the new gm to keep Melo and trade some of the young guys to try to make the playoffs now

That's been his m.o. for 20 years

 

[Remote]

He's 22. If you don't have the ability to rebuild around Porzingis, give up, because you're hard pressed to do a better job with lesser players than a super young KP on a rookie deal

Agreed.

It's a lot easier to repair the relationship and build around KP that it will be to even find another player with KP's upside in the coming years.

 

[El Poyo Loco]

He went too far with KP

This is what did him in not Melo

 

[...and some waffle fries]

The New York Knicks and team president Phil Jackson will announce that they're parting ways early Wednesday morning, sources told ESPN.

Conversations about what was best for the team's future between Jackson and Knicks owner James Dolan accelerated this week when the franchise decided it would not buy out embattled forward Carmelo Anthony, sources said.

Jackson, 71, had made it well known that he felt it was best for Anthony and the organization to part ways, both publicly and privately, but Anthony refused to waive his no-trade clause, and the Knicks were determined not to accommodate any request for a buyout. Anthony has two years worth more than $54 million remaining on his deal.

With no end to the stalemate in sight, and free agency beginning on Saturday, Jackson's discussions with Dolan accelerated late Tuesday night and the decision was made to part ways.

Some close to Dolan had been pushing him to consider firing Jackson for much of the season, sources told ESPN's Ian Begley.

It had become clear, sources said, that Jackson had no plans to remain beyond the two years left on the five-year contract he initially signed in 2014 that paid him $12 million a year. So with no clear path forward from the toxic situation with Anthony, a constant public relations war over Jackson's preferred triangle offense, and new concerns about the organization's relationship with Latvian phenom and 2015 No. 4 overall pick Kristaps Porzingis, sources said it was clear things had reached a breaking point by the eve of free agency

Sources: Phil, Knicks to part ways Wednesday