Valuetainment - June 15, 2025


＂Jordan Of The Playoffs＂ - Metta World Peace PRAISES Tyrese Haliburton For NBA Finals DOMINANCE


Episode Stats

Length

6 minutes

Words per Minute

182.44687

Word Count

1,196

Sentence Count

126


Summary

In this episode, we sit down with former NBA player and current New York Knicks head coach Phil Handy to talk about his career, his love for the Knicks, and why he wants to become their next head coach.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 So let me ask you this story about you being drafted by the Bulls.
00:00:04.880 If it wasn't for something else, you would have been drafted by the Knicks.
00:00:08.020 And now you've been wanting the Knicks coaching job since 2019.
00:00:11.760 I've been wanting to be a Knick since 1996 in high school.
00:00:15.640 And then 1999, I thought I would be a Knick.
00:00:18.900 I love New York.
00:00:20.620 Even though, you know, I'm a Pacer guy also.
00:00:22.420 I love the Pacers.
00:00:23.900 And the Lakers, too.
00:00:24.920 The Lakers cemented my legacy.
00:00:28.980 The Sacramento Kings, we gained my career.
00:00:33.680 I went to Sacramento after Indiana.
00:00:35.420 Sacramento, you know, they got my career back.
00:00:38.200 I was done, depressed.
00:00:41.080 Mentally, I was done.
00:00:42.860 So, you know, I had different journeys with everybody.
00:00:45.160 And the Pacers, we just had such great rapport.
00:00:47.300 Like, we was headed in the right direction.
00:00:50.260 You know, so I'm probably tightest, closest with the Pacers.
00:00:53.880 And Lakers, probably Pacers and Lakers.
00:00:56.680 I love Mr. Dole.
00:00:58.980 Mr. Dolan.
00:00:59.780 But the Knicks, I'm from New York City.
00:01:02.040 St. John's.
00:01:02.860 Right.
00:01:03.220 So, St. John's, you know, Queens.
00:01:05.700 So, for sure, I want to be a Knick.
00:01:08.760 I was a Knick for one year.
00:01:10.940 You know, thank you to Mr. Dolan and Grunfield and whoever else was there.
00:01:14.580 They're not there anymore.
00:01:16.420 And, yeah, so the Knicks is extremely important to me.
00:01:19.460 Have you guys had a conversation about the coaching job or no?
00:01:23.180 No, because you got to think about it.
00:01:24.620 When I was – I coached at Cal State LA.
00:01:27.540 I coached Division II women's basketball for the last seven years.
00:01:30.260 We were turning that program around.
00:01:32.580 You know, I was at a coffee shop in the Vancouver Islands when we all found out that Tibbs got fired.
00:01:39.600 So, when I saw that –
00:01:40.460 I was shocked.
00:01:41.420 I don't know if you were shocked.
00:01:42.340 I was shocked.
00:01:43.180 I wasn't shocked.
00:01:45.040 I was waiting to put in a phone call.
00:01:47.140 I couldn't wait to send out that I wanted a job because my mind didn't have time to be shocked, you know, or surprised or anything.
00:01:54.540 I was like, oh, this is available now.
00:01:56.520 You got to understand, when someone gets fired, the agents, the general managers, they're already working.
00:02:02.200 So, somebody's already being hired.
00:02:04.060 And this has happened to me all the time.
00:02:05.580 I can't get opportunities because I'm not in the know.
00:02:08.820 I don't have an agent, and I don't necessarily – I don't necessarily try to fit in circles, you know.
00:02:16.100 I just like to work.
00:02:17.800 So, I don't have circles open.
00:02:19.340 So, that's why I said I'm going to send this tweet out, and I did it within, like, two minutes, and then it kind of went viral.
00:02:24.600 Now, I'm still not in the system, if that makes sense.
00:02:28.800 But –
00:02:29.280 So, you haven't interviewed yet.
00:02:30.400 I'm not interviewed.
00:02:31.600 But they know you want the job.
00:02:33.600 Absolutely.
00:02:34.320 Yeah.
00:02:34.440 So, what would you – like, let's just say you were there, okay?
00:02:37.900 Yeah.
00:02:38.080 You got a very young team, okay?
00:02:40.480 They went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, right?
00:02:43.640 The guy's a stud.
00:02:45.060 He's an underestimated guy, Bronson, where, you know, since the day he came out – is he a Villanova?
00:02:50.140 Who did he –
00:02:51.100 Bronson went to Villanova.
00:02:52.040 Villanova, yeah.
00:02:52.580 Half that team went to Villanova.
00:02:53.620 That's right.
00:02:54.120 So, how would you coach that team differently?
00:02:58.760 You know, so, for one, I'm not going to say differently because I'm not going to compare myself to Tibbs.
00:03:03.540 You know, maybe some of the things are the same.
00:03:06.560 But I know how I want to win.
00:03:09.740 I know how I want to win.
00:03:11.260 And I'm not going to give away everything because, one, if I do get the Knicks job, which would be a blessing,
00:03:16.400 it would need to be a Hail Mary, like a Knick football.
00:03:18.980 First time ever.
00:03:19.800 You've never seen a Knick football.
00:03:21.760 It'd need to be a Hail Mary for me to get this position.
00:03:23.880 You know, I saw a couple of things.
00:03:27.000 Game one, that was the Knicks game.
00:03:30.500 Halliburton was incredible.
00:03:31.680 He's the Michael Jordan of these playoffs.
00:03:34.680 You know –
00:03:35.440 That's a big statement right there.
00:03:36.940 Yeah, of these playoffs this year, he's the Michael Jordan.
00:03:39.120 Wow.
00:03:39.620 We've never seen this.
00:03:40.820 Name a time you've seen these many game winners.
00:03:43.280 Game one, he ripped the heart out of the Knicks.
00:03:45.660 Yeah.
00:03:46.040 That one shot he made.
00:03:48.060 Three.
00:03:48.680 Yeah.
00:03:49.100 Or four.
00:03:49.840 Four.
00:03:50.000 Yeah, he's playing.
00:03:52.360 Okay, so for you, between Pacers and Knicks, who's your heart?
00:03:55.840 Who has your heart?
00:03:57.220 It's different.
00:03:58.360 It's about even – when they play against each other in the playoffs,
00:04:00.920 I typically don't go to those games because the Pacers, you know,
00:04:05.140 is where I played the best.
00:04:06.760 I had history with the fans.
00:04:08.000 The fans had my back.
00:04:09.540 Organization had my back, you know, through all the rough times.
00:04:13.280 With New York, I'm a protector of New York City basketball.
00:04:16.780 I love New York.
00:04:17.600 So it's almost like an even playing field.
00:04:19.560 Would you take an assistant job before you eventually have a coaching,
00:04:23.000 like a head coach?
00:04:24.000 Would you entertain an assistant?
00:04:25.460 Well, right now, since the head coaching job is on the table,
00:04:28.080 I don't want to put assistant in the air.
00:04:29.880 I got you.
00:04:30.620 I want to keep it focused on head coaching because you've got to think about it.
00:04:35.780 People can say, this coach is prepared.
00:04:38.300 This coach is prepared.
00:04:39.260 It's not taking any shots at the coaches.
00:04:40.820 But everybody had their chance to bring the Knicks to the promised land.
00:04:45.840 Everybody had their chance.
00:04:47.080 At some point in time, somebody got to step up
00:04:50.300 and actually bring the Knicks to the promised land.
00:04:52.620 You know what it reminds me of?
00:04:54.440 You know the coach of the Detroit Lions?
00:04:57.440 The coach of the Detroit Lions?
00:04:59.100 Dan Campbell.
00:05:00.120 Yeah, there's something about the guy that's emotional.
00:05:05.360 I want to know, is Dan Campbell from Detroit?
00:05:08.440 Can you see if he's from Texas?
00:05:11.280 Interesting, because he coaches the Lions as if he's from Detroit.
00:05:14.760 All right, nice, nice.
00:05:16.040 Did he ever play for the Lions?
00:05:17.440 Who did he play for?
00:05:19.280 Okay, head coach, who did he play for?
00:05:21.000 I think he played as well.
00:05:23.340 He did, 2006.
00:05:25.220 So there you go.
00:05:25.940 There is heart.
00:05:26.740 There is that affinity for the organization,
00:05:30.580 because when it comes down to Knicks,
00:05:33.620 I wonder what it's like to get a guy there that's coaching,
00:05:36.060 who is a New York guy, who is doing what he's doing.
00:05:38.200 Hey, what's up?
00:05:38.900 I'm Metal World Peace, the chairman of our test management group,
00:05:41.520 and now I am officially on my neck.
00:05:44.860 I want you to reach out to me.
00:05:46.680 I got a lot of things to offer,
00:05:48.680 whether you wanted to chat about sports, basketball,
00:05:51.080 on the business side, business development,
00:05:54.100 consultation, brand strategy, foreign relations, and more.
00:05:59.160 I look forward to connecting with you on my neck.
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