In an effort to get ahead with my work, I sat down last weekend and wrote what I thought the Knicks’ offseason plan should be. A few days later, Phil Jackson got fired and everything changed.
All of the assumptions about Jackson’s plan and strategy are no longer applicable. Nothing has ever been more refreshing than not having to mention the triangle offense! The truth is that nobody knows how general manager Steve Mills sees the Knicks or how he might approach free agency.
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Working with no basis of a blueprint, here is how I would approach the free agency period if I were Mills.