Phil Jackson is living proof that the notion of what worked in the 80s and 90s automatically would dominate this era is straight up bullshit. The game changes, the game evolves, unfortunately Phil hasnt. And in the past he could get away with his smug holier than these nigras I coach attitude. Cats bowed down to that because he had jewelry. Cats looked up to him because of his coaching success. Now? He's a nobody and a shit GM. And truth be told, as a coach at the end there dude got his ass kicked and looked like the game passed him by (see Mavs-Lakers 2011). I feel bad for New Yorkers. They deserve better than this idiot white supremacist.
As for Melo, when finances are your #1 priority rather than comfort or what makes the most basketball sense, this is what you get. Melo has never been mass marketable, nor does he make CACs feel "safe", so I understand why he had to get every dollar he could from his contracts. Not like he got commercials running or advertisers swarming him. But the moves he made led to him being in this position. I hope he can latch on to some team as a 2nd or 3rd option and get him a piece of jewelry. He seems to be a good person and I commend him for speaking up for his people when he certainly could've chosen not to.