Knicks make Phil parting official – Dolan says Mills will run it and he won't be involved. pic.twitter.com/d3igB7F6SL
— Steve Popper (@StevePopper) June 28, 2017
Phil had obviously made it known he thought it was time for the organization to move on from Carmelo, but with no way of doing that….
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 28, 2017
And no plans to lead the organization beyond the remaining two years on his contract, Jackson and Dolan had to decide how to proceed
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 28, 2017
I do not – Carmelo's team explored buyout as means to end stalemate with Jackson and Melo – Dolan handling that for them. https://t.co/0QR3UTAJ4J
— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) June 28, 2017
LOOKS LIKE DOLAN DID NOT WANT PHIL TO BUY OUT MELLOW UNLESS PHIL WOULD COMMIT TO AN EXTENSION. WHEN PHIL WOULD NOT DO THAT IT BECAME TIME TO PART WAYS.
SO TYPICAL OF THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL NEW YORK KNICKS ORGANIZATION TO PART WAYS WITH THE PRESIDENT A WEEK AFTER LETTING HIM RUN THE DRAFT. CARMELO MAY HAVE WON THIS BATTLE BUT LOSING FOR TWO MORE YEARS IN NEW YORK WILL CEMENT HIS LEGACY AS A ME FIRST STAR. MELLOW GETS WHAT HE DESERVES. TWO MORE YEARS OF LOSING. KNICK FANS WHO ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS DESERVE THE ORGANIZATION YOU WILL GET OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. UNLESS CARMELO IS STILL LOOKING FOR A BUY OUT AND DOLAN IS READY TO CLEAR THE DECKS.
IT DISGUSTS ME THAT WE RETURN TO THE MANAGEMENT CAROUSEL AND HAVE TO YET AGAIN RESET THE ORGANIZATION. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. I FEEL BAD FOR THE PLAYERS WE JUST DRAFTED THAT ARE NOW PART OF A CONFUSED AND DYSFUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION.
IF ALLAN HOUSTON, ISIAH THOMAS OR ANOTHER DOLAN YES MAN GETS THE JOB WE WILL REMAIN A LAUGHING STOCK. MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS STEVE MILLS RUNS THE SHOW WHILE DOLAN TAKES HIS TIME AND LICKS HIS WOUNDS AND LETS DUST BLOW OVER. LET’S SEE WHAT HORNS DOES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NO DOUBT RAMBIS AND GAINES ARE GONE.
I PRAY FOR THE KNICKS, HOPE FOR THE BEST AND FIND NO JOY IN THIS MOMENT. YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
No sense of that being remotely a consideration. Knicks still a dysfunctional dumpster fire with no direction https://t.co/I2WM95U7TZ
— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) June 28, 2017
KNICKS ARE A DUMPSTER FIRE AND MELLOW IS SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF IT.