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Keith
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Keith asked in SportsBasketball · 7 years ago

If Donnie Walsh couldn't fix the Knicks what makes people think Phil Jackson can ?

Donnie Walsh the former president of basketball operations has a great basketball mind. Walsh was born in Manhattan,and attended Fordham Prep. School in the Bronx. He played college basketball at U.N.C. for coaches Frank McGuire and Dean Smith. Walsh was an assistant coach at South Carolina working for McGuire from there he was hired as an assistant coach to Larry Brown at the Nuggets whom he eventually replaced.

Walsh's 1'st job at the Knicks was to cut 27 million in payroll and give them enough cap room to sign Amar'e Stoudemire and trade for Carmelo Anthony & Chauncey Billips. So a sharp basketball mind has already tried to save the Knicks, why will Phil's tenure be any different if Dolan is still the owner ?

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  • 7 years ago
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    No one can fix the knicks including phil jackson unless james dolan leaves. The kyle lowry trade that could of helped the knocks tremendously was complete until dolan rejected it at the last minute. The front office is the puppet of the owner and the owner has the power to command the fromt office. Once they get rid if dolan even if they get brian scalabrine to be their coach they will still succeed. Phil shouldnt have taken the job because if he fails it will look bad for his legacy. And with dolan in command its guarenteed failure will occur.

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