Phil Jackson

If Derek Fisher could do it all over again, he wouldn’t accept the New York Knicks’ head coaching position—not unless he knew he wouldn’t have to run the triangle offense. Speaking on FS1, Fisher admitted that he didn’t ask enough questions before agreeing to coach the Knicks under team president Phil Jackson (via the New York [...]

Phil Jackson was not alone in his offseason desire to explore trading Kristaps Porzingis. Others around the organization weren’t thrilled that the young star took it upon himself to call out the New York Knicks’ dysfunction by skipping his exit meeting. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Of course, the Anthony drama wasn’t the only issue hanging [...]

Before the New York Knicks appointed Steve Mills and hired general manager Scott Pretty to replace jilted team president Phil Jackson, their owner, James Dolan, tried to poach Jerry West. And, obviously, he failed. Mitch Lawrence has the details over at the Sporting News: They’ve done it with a new administration led by president Steve [...]

LeBron James will never let Phil Jackson live down his “posse” comments from last season. If that much wasn’t clear before the Cleveland Cavaliers’ come-from-behind victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night, it was abundantly evident afterward while he was commenting on the state of the Orange and Blue. Here were his parting [...]

LeBron James wants New York Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina to know his infatuation with Dennis Smith Jr. is nothing personal. Well, okay, it’s personal. But it’s personal with former Knicks president Phil Jackson, not The Big Apple’s rookie point guard. James said the following about Smith, the Dallas Mavericks newbie, over the weekend (via SLAM): The [...]

George Hill would be a member of the New York Knicks right now if they didn’t can Phil Jackson before the start of free agency. Probably. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Former Knicks president Phil Jackson had a French vision last summer with point guard George Hill in the middle of it. According to [...]

Kristaps Porzingis apparently found closure with former New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson after the latter was canned. And even if he didn’t, he’s getting it now, as he averages career highs across the board and establishes himself as a shoo-in for All-Star honors. Things soured between executive and player this past summer, when [...]

For as good of a motivator as he was as an NBA coach, Phil Jackson was that bad at being a personnel person (except for drafting Kristaps) and made numerous questionable moves while demanding his team play a style from the 1990s. One area where he was particularly bad: free agent recruiting. We have probably [...]

David Griffin is now an official candidate to join the New York Knicks’ front office in the wake of Phil Jackson’s exit. Nothing appears immediately imminent, but according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne, the Knicks have opened dialogue with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ former general manager while removing Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri from their list of [...]

The New York Knicks’ first order of business in the wake of Phil Jackson’s departure/dismissal/firing/ousting/whatever? Showing interest in Jeff Teague. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: With Phil Jackson out and the triangle de-emphasized, the Knicks, under general manager Steve Mills, have interest in free agent point guard Jeff Teague, league sources told ESPN. League sources say [...]