Marc Berman en NY Post, y en la web de NBA está.
In a similar message he made on Martin Luther King Day, Hornacek said the playoff talk has come more from players and that management and the coaching staff is still bent on development, forming a defensive identity and “to keep the big picture in mind.” Indicating a playoff berth is gravy, the Knicks coach acknowledged for the first time the club’s early winning record was partly because of a favorable home schedule.At the morning shootaround Friday in the Utah arena in which his Jazz jersey is retired, Hornacek responded to speculation he’s coaching for his job amid this current freefall. It’s something hardly new since he has one year left on his contract and Phil Jackson, who hired Hornacek, is no longer here.
Hornacek invoked his coaching stint in Phoenix when expectations changed after he posted a 48-34 record in his rookie year in 2013-14.
However, Hornacek insisted Mills and GM Scott Perry have not changed the long-term plan for the Knicks. An NBA source confirmed nothing has changed, that playoffs has never been the No. 1 priority for management this season as they hold their own first-round pick in the last year of the current lottery format.
“In Phoenix, the plan was rebuilding and [we] got off and had a great year,” Hornacek said. “Then the expectations changed, the mentality changed. Here we talked about rebuilding and got off to a good start because we had a lot of home games. But Scott, Steve, we’re still on the same page, giving our young guys opportunities. We’re still trying to win games. We want to establish where we have an identity defensively [that] we’re going to get after it all the time. We’re building toward that and it’s great to have that support.”
"PO nunca han sido prioridad de este equipo. Si el desarrollar jóvenes, establecer identidad defensiva."
"Aquí se hablo desde el prinicipio de reconstrucción, pero el favorable calendario en casa en el inicio hizo que se empezará muy bien (y la gente se creara otras expectativas)."
Entiendo que desarrollar jóvenes no solo entra el darle minutos, sino en hacerle ver fallos, hacer que se fije en ciertas cosas, no sé, en más cosas diferentes a minutos. Porque si no, no se entiende mucho (sobre todo en Willy y Dotson, aunque también podría valer Ntilikina).
Este artículo (
http://global.nba.com/news/new-york-kni ... m:homepage ) viene por lo de Kemba, se dice que es un posible destino, no se puede descartar, pero no nos vamos a engañar si pensamos que el equipo lo que busca es reconstrucción, y acelerarla a poder ser.
Veremos.
Por cierto, mañana a las 9:30 vs Lakers, sin Lonzo creo. Buena hora, buen partido.
P.D: Increíble lo de los Cavs, vaya despropósito de equipo, y con LeBron. Varios partidos que se han dejado remontar, no buenas sensaciones, y ahora este partido 148 - 124. LeBron por su parte ha dicho que espera que no despidan a Lue.
Esto no puede tardar mucho en moverse, en términos de mercado, tal y como están algunos equipos.
Timmy ayer
Once a Knick, always a Knick.
“Draft for talent, trade for need”