"It didn't make sense to me — why would Carmelo leave New York? Phil's proven that he can get the maximum effort from his players. He did it with Michael (Jordan) in Chicago, and with Kobe (Bryant) and Shaq with the Lakers," said Reed. "Fisher is Phil's disciple. (Associate coach Kurt) Rambis has worked with Phil. He's already got a good team of people and they know (the Triangle offense) works. Phil doesn't have to prove that."