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Behind the Scenes of the NBA’s Most Unlikely Revival



https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/5/23/24163000/new-york-knicks-trade-rumors-leon-rose-james-dolan

Great article on the Knicks change under Leon Rose.

by jhMLB

8 Comments

  2. dennishitchjr

    Nothing particularly new but well written and enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing

  3. mikesh8rp

    I like Beck, and I think the article is pretty good (even with the foreboding Dolan lines at the end), though I do wish a little more respect was given to Randle. That “we here” season really changed things IMO, and Jalen has talked glowingly about him in the past.

  4. nofier27

    “Jim is always going to be looming in the background” 😂

  5. biggreenweenie22

    Julius started this whole thing with the we here season. He picked us when the biggest stars in the game were saying it isn’t cool to be a knick. I love that motherfucker no matter what.

  6. bailaoban

    As a matter of practice, Rose does not do interviews with the news media. Nor does anyone else on his behalf, leaving only the famously reticent Thibodeau to provide any insight into team philosophy—which he does not.

    😂

  7. det8924

    The idea that a Knicks revival was unlikely is not accurate. What kept the Knicks from being well run and rebuilt properly after the Ewing built run of success was over was Dolan being a meddling owner. The moment Dolan Stepped away from meddling in the team in fall of 2015 was the moment the Knicks revival was inevitable. What delayed the turn around was a bad hire in Phil Jackson who despite Cart Blanch to do what he wanted just was not the right guy at that time.

    Once Dolan got Scott Perry in there to “clean things up” it resulted in a GM whose tenure left the team much better than he found it. Perry’s signing of Randle to a team friendly 2+ a team option got the team a building block. Then Perry kept the team flexible with cheap 1+1 contracts that also resulted in flipping one of those contracts for a pick.

    Leon Rose in 2020 inherited a team with all of its picks, several extra 1st rounders, a ton of cap space and some young talent on the roster. That space was turned into Brunson and I-Hart (plus it got them to a MLE that was used on DDV). Those picks turned into Obi, IQ, Grimes, 3 future protected picks and one traded for Josh Hart.

    I couldn’t guarantee the Knicks would have been a contender like they are possibly set up to be. But I could likely guarantee they would have turned into a 45+ win team that makes the playoffs consistently at some point. They were fortunate that Dolan stayed out and put Perry/Rose in place which was a very big win.

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