Phil's Drunk Messin' With The Association Save Again: Knicks 2015-2016 Tryout / Off Season Thread

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The most bizarre thing that I'm observed this season isn't how bad we have been playing...

It's the fact that the "tank set" is in here happy as if it's apparent that the Knicks are actually "tanking".

It's fascinating because I'm realizing that considering that Melo is still grinding out significant minutes, our players are getting injured and many games are close down the stretch... is actually very clear that we aren't "tanking".

I feel some type of way about the "tankset" feeling chummy as if the Knicks are proving their basketball management strategy is efficient when that's absolutely NOT what they are doing.

I'm now convinced that this is purely a defense mechanism for yall to get through the season.

This team is not doing this intentionally. .The coaching is not sabotaging the season. This team is actually terrible. Tankset should get off their high horse because that is not what they are doing. This better serves the fans who wanted them to maintain their dignity as a basketball organization who would rather see anything happen than their team intentionally losing on some bytch shyt.. They are going hard and play to win, but losing. I can't ask for more for this flawed team.
 
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The most bizarre thing that I'm observed this season isn't how bad we have been playing...

It's the fact that the "tank set" is in here happy as if it's apparent that the Knicks are actually "tanking".

It's fascinating because I'm realizing that considering that Melo is still grinding out significant minutes, our players are getting injured and many games are closecloseDien the stretch... is actually very clear that we aren't "tanking".

I feel some type of way about the "tankset" feeling chummy as if the Knicks are proving their basketball management strategy is efficient when that's absolutely NOT what they are doing.

I'm now convinced that this is purely a defense mechanism for yall to get through the season.

This team is not doing this intentionally. .The coaching is not sabotaging the season. This team is actually terrible. Tankset should get off their high horse because that is not what they are doing. This better serves the fans who wanted them to maintain their dignity as a basketball organization who rigid rather see anything happen but b their team intentionally losing on some bytch shyt.. They are going or and play to win, but losing. I can't ask for more for this flawed team.

This is well thought out and a reasoned reply. You're right, dude. The Knicks are just terrible and will continue to be. I just hope Phil Jackson has like a 3-5 year plan. I don't see us getting better next season either. Melo getting older. We're wasting his prime years. The door's closing fast on his career. I bet he wishes he took that Bulls contract instead right now.

I feel like Phil just isn't the mastermind he's made out to be. He's got his name power but as far as putting together an organization to scout out gems in free agency (the only way we can fast forward improve) I don't think he's got the team behind him to do it. Rockets has a nice team that can pull that off. Weirdly, I think Isaiah Thomas was an excellent College scout. But I haven't seen in Knick history they pull off good signings from D League, Europe, washouts with potential, etc.
 

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@pez Actually breh, next year is such a question mark.

I really want Gasol and I think if he is the key signing... we actually cod build something around him and Melo to create a substantial power in the East. Plus we have a draft pick which looks like will be a high pick.

I'm not counting next year out in just a little confused at how some people in this thread are acting like, "See, yea... YES! Go team tank! "
The term tanking is as miscued as the term pawg in this forum.

The same way every breh on here calls every semi attractive white woman a "pawg", any team that is losing is "tanking."

No, the team suckered and you are not correct that that is the strategy that should have been taking place, especially when the team is bad enough to still try hard enough for fans to see a bad team play hard instead of getting cheated out of their money.

With the turmoil happening in the locker room...I couldn't imagine seeing what kind of fickle would be going on if Melo & others felt that management was intentionally fukking up rotations for the Knicks to lose.

shyt is comical...
 
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I feel like Phil just isn't the mastermind he's made out to be. He's got his name power but as far as putting together an organization to scout out gems in free agency (the only way we can fast forward improve) I don't think he's got the team behind him to do it. Rockets has a nice team that can pull that off. Weirdly, I think Isaiah Thomas was an excellent College scout. But I haven't seen in Knick history they pull off good signings from D League, Europe, washouts with potential, etc.
Have faith, he's done good so far. Maybe not a mastermind but very competent. If he is able to move any one of JR/Shump/Barg/Stat/maybe Calderon this season then I will consider him a mastermind

@pez Actually breh, next year is such a question mark.

I really want Gasol and I think if he is the key subbing... we actually cod build something around him and Melo to create a substantial power in the East. Plus we have a draft pick which looks like will be a high pick.

I'm not counting next year out in just a little confused at how some people in this thread are acting like, "See, yea... YES! Go team tank! "
The term tanking is as miscued as the term pawg in this forum.

The same way every breh on here calls every semi attractive white woman a "pawg", any team that is losing is "tanking."

No, the team suckered and you are not correct that that is the strategy that should have been taking place, especially when the team is bad enough to still try hard enough for fans to see a bad team play hard instead of getting cheated out of their money.

With the turmoil happening in the locker room...I couldn't imagine seeing what kind of fickle would be going on if Melo & others felt that management was intentionally fukking up rotations for the Knicks to lose.

shyt is comical...
True I wouldn't say they're tanking but when you lack the talent, are learning a new system both offensively and defensively, and have a new head coach that looks lost a lot of the time you really don't have the option to win.
Yes it's a coping mechanism and it's better than alcohol my friend
Problem is our salary cap space isn't as glorious as everyone thinks and we might be screwed settling for a piece that doesn't fit
 

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That tanking talk lol
shyt like something a 10 year old would roll with
Knicks and Lakers fans
the fukk you tanking for?
what?!
Who?!
The fukk, you gonna be a contender next year cause you tanked? :mjlol:
you on some long run shyt?:mjlol:
fukkin weirdos
"We tankin"
no muthafukka... you tryna win but yiu cant...

Cause you SUCK!!:mjlol:

Laker fans eat that realism too you dumb muthafukkas
 

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@pez Actually breh, next year is such a question mark.

I really want Gasol and I think if he is the key signing... we actually cod build something around him and Melo to create a substantial power in the East. Plus we have a draft pick which looks like will be a high pick.

I'm not counting next year out in just a little confused at how some people in this thread are acting like, "See, yea... YES! Go team tank! "
The term tanking is as miscued as the term pawg in this forum.

The same way every breh on here calls every semi attractive white woman a "pawg", any team that is losing is "tanking."

No, the team suckered and you are not correct that that is the strategy that should have been taking place, especially when the team is bad enough to still try hard enough for fans to see a bad team play hard instead of getting cheated out of their money.

With the turmoil happening in the locker room...I couldn't imagine seeing what kind of fickle would be going on if Melo & others felt that management was intentionally fukking up rotations for the Knicks to lose.

shyt is comical...

Don't get mad:whoa:

I mean what are we suppose to do? come in here, suffer hoping for a win, don't get the win and put up a :snoop: every game?

Then all the knicks hating bytch asses will come in here and hit us with the:umad: along with epic shyt talking even though they know their team isn't going to win shyt when its all done either.

So fukk that we tanking, we got a pick, and the future is bright.....:ufdup:

because we do got a pick, this is a big man draft, and we got
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so the future is bright. www.tankathon.com breh
 

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The most bizarre thing that I'm observed this season isn't how bad we have been playing...

It's the fact that the "tank set" is in here happy as if it's apparent that the Knicks are actually "tanking".

It's fascinating because I'm realizing that considering that Melo is still grinding out significant minutes, our players are getting injured and many games are close down the stretch... is actually very clear that we aren't "tanking".

I feel some type of way about the "tankset" feeling chummy as if the Knicks are proving their basketball management strategy is efficient when that's absolutely NOT what they are doing.

I'm now convinced that this is purely a defense mechanism for yall to get through the season.

This team is not doing this intentionally. .The coaching is not sabotaging the season. This team is actually terrible. Tankset should get off their high horse because that is not what they are doing. This better serves the fans who wanted them to maintain their dignity as a basketball organization who would rather see anything happen than their team intentionally losing on some bytch shyt.. They are going hard and play to win, but losing. I can't ask for more for this flawed team.
Cut the shyt... No one thinks this team is tanking intentionally. Matter of fact, I guarantee if that was the goal, they would fukk it up and start winning. Truth is, we can get a guy like Okafor and around 20 mil in cap space. That's a start.
 
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