A day after firing David Fizdale, James Dolan is thinking about firing Knicks’ President Steve Mills for the roster he put together this year.
“[The Knicks 18 losses this season] go on Fizdale’s permanent record but the failed Fizdale experiment belongs to Steve Mills, whose days as a Teflon executive under Dolan are about to end.
Mills hired Fizdale over Mike Budenholzer, and [Phil] Jackson and without even considering [Jeff] Van Gundy. Mills looked at Fizdale as the hip young coach with connections to today’s young stars. The Knicks were all in on the free-agent class of 2019 and Fizdale was going to be the guy to get their foot in the door.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, Fizdale got fired yesterday by James Dolan
These last two seasons fall directly on Mills, who, according to sources, will either be reassigned or simply removed from the building. His expiration date is long overdue. The Athletic reported last month that Dolan will try again to pry Raptors President Masai Ujiri from Toronto. If that doesn’t work, maybe NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will point Dolan toward R.C. Buford, Sam Presti, Neil Olshey and Daryl Morey. The Knicks are in the early stages of another massive overhaul that will only work if Dolan gives his next executive savior full autonomy.
Have you seen this roster? It is so poorly constructed, it makes the leaning tower of Pisa look straight. To add insult to injury, the expectations were high for the Knicks to land superstar talent, given their cap space. This superstar talent mostly revolved around Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and failed to get even one of them. This they really shit the bed by filling most of their roster with PF. Steve Mills and others that had a say in constructing this roster are now on the hot seat. Oh, when will the Knicks’ dysfunction ever end? Probably never, but never is a really long time. One thing is for sure, the Knicks won’t be good for a long time, but we all knew that right?
