Phil Jackson's Explanation Of His "Goink" Tweet Is Utterly Ridiculous
NY Times- Q. In the middle of the playoffs, you took to Twitter to ask N.B.A. analysts to give you “some diagnostics” on how 3-point-oriented teams were faring. It struck most as a criticism of teams like the Warriors who take a lot of 3-point shots. You asked, “How’s it goink?” What was that about?
JACKSON They have all these analysts. I just wanted to see someone come back to me with statistics: Is 3-point shooting in the playoffs as consistent as it is in the regular season? Does your 3-point-shooting percentage change because you’re in the playoffs? No one figured that one out. And that’s probably me being obtuse to leave it open at the end. But “goink” is one of those New York expressions that we use, and I will tell you this: I learned something. Someone sent me the fact that if you look it up on Urban Dictionary, you’ll find out what it means in today’s society.
Q. Should I look?
JACKSON Well, it’s rather bizarre to say the least.
Q. So it wasn’t just a typo?
JACKSON “Goink” is a castoff expression, right? Instead of, “How’s it going?” it’s “How’s it goink?” It turned out to be either a combination of a mixed ethnic group: part Korean, part Chinese. Or it’s a vernacular term for how do you deal with a sexual partner.
Q. That was not your intention though?
JACKSON No, I had no idea.
I guess when you have more championship rings than fingers, you can try to act like you meant to tweet out typos. Even if most of the definitions for “goink” on Urban Dictionary are racial slur combinations or sex lingo. But this is New York City, Phil. We can see through your bullshit. You haven’t won jack shit here since the 70s. In fact, you are part of the reason the 90s ended up being a recurring nightmare for Knicks fans. So don’t piss on our legs and tell us it’s raining. Don’t look to reach for a player in the draft because “he would fit well in the triangle”. The extra B in the invitation is not for BYOBB. It’s a typo. And the words mud and crud may sound the same, but they don’t mean the same thing.
We won’t even go into how after Phil fired off that tweet, the 3-point reliant Warriors won the championship over the Cavs, who were 2nd in the league in 3-pointers attempted. In fact, all 4 teams that played in the conference finals this season were in the Top 7 for 3-pointers attempted. So I think Phil can stop chirping about how effective it is to center your offense around the 3-point shot. Everybody always said Phil Jackson’s system worked because he always had 2 of the best players in the league running it. Now he’s trying to win with Melo and a bunch of broken pieces. Hey Phil, how’s that plan goink?
All that being said, nothing will EVER top the Zen Master’s first tweet. Still the #GOAT 2 years later.
