Phil Jackson admittedly walked into a ready-made situation with the Lakers. He had been part of the building process as an assistant coach with the Bulls. But here in New York he begins the first ground-up renovation of his career. And it starts tonight at Madison Square Garden, where his NBA career began, against the […]
As the 2014-15 season-opener nears, MSG Network’s Alan Hahn has been inviting guests to talk about the past and current Knicks teams in a special video version of his The Knicks Fix podcast. In part III of Hahn’s conversation with former NBA All-Star and MSG Network analyst Wally Szczerbiak, the two discuss the Knicks’ chances of making the […]
Amar’e Stoudemire is playing for his fifth different coach in seven seasons. With the Knicks, Derek Fisher is the third coach he’s played for in New York since he arrived as a free agent in 2010. “Every year,” he said, “has been different.” With Mike D’Antoni, it was pick-and-roll and up-tempo offense, which he knew […]
Derek Fisher wrote himself a note before training camp began to prepare him for what would be the first real challenge of his fledgling career as a head coach. “We have 15 legit NBA players on our roster,” he told himself. “Which is a good thing and a bad thing, because everybody can play because […]
The issues the Knicks showed in Derek Fisher ‘s coaching debut was, as he put it, “kind of expected.” Twenty-eight turnovers, 40.6% shooting from the field, with a defense that yielded 106 points and 48.8% shooting, is hardly the kind of ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new era. Whenever there is a major regime change with […]
It’s been almost a month since Derek Fisher was named head coach of the Knicks, but he has gone weeks without a coaching staff in place and many of you have asked me via Twitter about this. A lot of the hold up had to do with some of the candidates being under contract with […]
Derek Fisher, like the rest of us, is waiting. He made his appeal to Carmelo Anthony last week. As a player, Fisher developed a reputation for his ability to command a locker room and motivate teammates with his speeches. Nick Collison, for one, said that’s what he’ll miss most about Fisher’s departure from the Thunder. […]