Phil Jackson Archives - KRUI Radio https://krui.fm/tag/phil-jackson/ Iowa City's Sound Alternative Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:14:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 What exactly is Phil Jackson getting himself into? https://krui.fm/2014/03/14/exactly-phil-jackson-getting/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:14:19 +0000 http://krui.fm/?p=22913 The New York Knicks have been a train wreck so far in the 2013-2014 NBA season. The Knickerbockers flopped to begin the year, opening 6-16 and falling to 21-40 last week. They botched the trade deadline by failing to unload Iman Shumpert after openly shopping him. They have treated head coach Mike Woodson like the guy at a company that everyone around the organization knows is underperforming, and the manager just hasn’t gotten around to firing yet. That was last week. Despite their struggles, the Knicks are currently on a 5-game win streak after dismantling the Boston Celtics last night … Continued

The post What exactly is Phil Jackson getting himself into? appeared first on KRUI Radio.

]]> The New York Knicks have been a train wreck so far in the 2013-2014 NBA season. The Knickerbockers flopped to begin the year, opening 6-16 and falling to 21-40 last week. They botched the trade deadline by failing to unload Iman Shumpert after openly shopping him. They have treated head coach Mike Woodson like the guy at a company that everyone around the organization knows is underperforming, and the manager just hasn’t gotten around to firing yet. That was last week. Despite their struggles, the Knicks are currently on a 5-game win streak after dismantling the Boston Celtics last night (116-92) Things are looking even more positively this week after the long anticipated return of the Zen Master seems to be imminent. Multiple reports have come out this week that the New York Knicks have unofficially hired ex-player and ex-head coach Phil Jackson as their next President of Basketball Operations.

This move, if it becomes official, is a bigger splash than every other headline the Knicks have had this season, likely even bigger than Carmelo Anthony’s upcoming free agency. If Phil Jackson does in fact officially become the next Knicks front office front man, it begs the question: what exactly is Phil Jackson getting himself into?

Over the last two years, the New York Knicks have made questionable roster moves. For the 2012-2013 season, they acquired Jason Kidd, Rasheed “Ball-Don’t-Lie” Wallace, and Ronnie Brewer. For this season, the Knicks signed Metta World Peace, drafted Tim Hardaway Jr., and traded for Andrea Bargnani. These moves, apart from Hardaway Jr., shout short-term fixes that create long-term issues, especially, the acquisition of Bargnani. The Knicks seriously traded a 2016 First-round pick for a player with a PER of 14.51, which is a full point below Ramon Sessions, just to give a reference point. Suffice it to say, the Knicks’ moves over the last couple of years have been “iffy” at best.

What does this mean for Phil Jackson moving forward? Problems are happening in the near future. The Knicks owe a lot of money to marginal players through next season. They owe Amare Stoudemire 23.4M, Tyson Chandler 14.6M, Andrea Bargnani 12M, J.R. Smith 6M, and Raymond Felton 4.4M through the end of next season. Carmelo Anthony has a player option for next season, and if he picks that up, add another 23.5M to the bill. A lot of salary cap is taken up and Phil Jackson hasn’t even taken the job yet. The Knicks have invested millions of dollars into players that just haven’t gotten it done this season. Maybe next year will be different with Phil Jackson at the helm. I just hope he looked closely at what he’s getting himself into.

The post What exactly is Phil Jackson getting himself into? appeared first on KRUI Radio.

]]> Lakers Fire Mike Brown, What’s Next? https://krui.fm/2012/11/10/lakers-fire-mike-brown/ Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:00:48 +0000 http://krui.fm/?p=15280 After a 1-4 start to the season, the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to fire head coach Mike Brown. Despite Brown having a 42-29 overall career record as Lakers coach, they still let him go. The Lakers were worried about how the season started because this was one of the worst starts in Lakers history. But the real question is why. Why did the Lakers fire their head coach? The Lakers’ slow start this season is understandable. Coming into the season, the team lost a few key players from last year, and they brought in a lot of new faces. … Continued

The post Lakers Fire Mike Brown, What’s Next? appeared first on KRUI Radio.

]]> After a 1-4 start to the season, the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to fire head coach Mike Brown. Despite Brown having a 42-29 overall career record as Lakers coach, they still let him go. The Lakers were worried about how the season started because this was one of the worst starts in Lakers history.

But the real question is why. Why did the Lakers fire their head coach? The Lakers’ slow start this season is understandable. Coming into the season, the team lost a few key players from last year, and they brought in a lot of new faces. That explains the 0-8 record in the preseason. The Lakers really didn’t get the chance to play with each other during that time because they were battling with the injury bug.

Is Kobe the reason why Brown was fired? There was a lot of tension between the two, especially after the Lakers were eliminated in last year’s playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Is this truly the reason, or is it just the fact that Kobe needs Phil Jackson to be his coach? While being coached by Jackson, Kobe managed to win five championship rings, while he struggled in the postseason under anyone who was not Jackson. In his NBA career, Kobe only missed the playoffs once, but he was never able to bring home a championship without Jackson. With Jackson as  coach the Lakers posted a 610-292 record and won five NBA championships, and when it wasn’t Jackson on the sideline in the Kobe era the Lakers only posted a 224-143 record and have not won an NBA title.

The next question is what is next for the Lakers? Who is going to be the Lakers’ next head coach? Are the Lakers going to turn this season around and be the team we expected them to be? Are they going to win their first Championship without Jackson in the Kobe era? In the meantime, assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff will be taking over.

The post Lakers Fire Mike Brown, What’s Next? appeared first on KRUI Radio.

]]>