Phil Jackson won’t be awful as president of the New York Knicks. He certainly won’t be as bad as Isiah Thomas was in running the club. And he will almost certainly be better than David Kahn, Bryan Colangelo, Joe Dumars, Otis Smith and Geoff Petrie have been in recent years. But Phil Jackson isn’t Isiah Thomas, or David Kahn, or Bryan Colangelo. He’s Phil Jackson, with a reputation of all things basketball that he touches turning to gold. And that’s exactly what
For the first time in what feels like forever, there is legitimate optimism and unabated excitement over this season’s Sacramento Kings. For one, they stayed. I wish I were more excited about the basketball moves that the Kings made over the offseason, but make no mistake about it; Sacramento had a better offseason than any other NBA city. It wasn’t easy. A lot of very smart people put a lot of time and energy (and funds) into keeping this team out of
Today at Sheridan Hoops, we’re mourning longtime college basketball coach Rick Majerus. For a look at that, check out today’s Tweet of the Day from former Marquette player Steve Novak, which also features some words on Majerus from Gene Wojciechowski and Chris Sheridan. We’ve also got a new set of MVP rankings up, and some bad news for Knicks fans as Raymond Felton has an injured thumb. Now, here’s the latest NBA news: Frank Isola of the New York Daily News starts his