Phil Jackson

Mark Jackson, come on down. You’re the next contestant on “Whose name will be thrown into the New York Knicks’ head coaching rumor mill?” Congratulations. Here’s Tommy Dee for SNY.TV: Phil Jackson has called on one of New York’s own to gauge interest in guiding the team’s rebuilding process from the sidelines. A source close [...]

The whole “Phil Jackson might consider coaching the New York Knicks for at least half the time next season” thing didn’t last very long. It’s not going to happen, according to Jackson confidant Charlie Rosen, as told to the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: f you’re still holding out a shred of hope Phil Jackson [...]

Whether or not Phil Jackson will eventually coach the Knicks has been a hot topic ever since he took the job. After he fired Derek Fisher several weeks ago, those rumors surfaced again, but he shot them down. Then, yesterday, it was reported that perhaps Jackson would be interested in coaching only the home games [...]

Carmelo Anthony has no intention of letting Phil Jackson become a part-time head coach of the New York Knicks. Whatever that means. Here’s what the Knicks’ top dog said of the recent rumor that Phil Jackson would consider coaching the boys in orange and blue during home games next season, brought to us by Marc [...]

Kobe Bryant remains loyal to Phil Jackson all these years later. That’s not too surprising, to say the least. The two won five championships together with the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe wanted the organization to bring the Zen Master back into the fold in some capacity when it became clear the Lakers were squandering what [...]

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, huh PJ? Older, former NBA players don’t seem to be breaking their necks to rush and give the Warriors credit for their brand of basketball. Oscar Robertson basically called every coach incompetent because they keep allowing Steph Curry to shoot 3s. Also, during the playoffs last year, both Phil Jackson and Charles Barkley [...]

Carmelo Anthony is a realist. How do we know this? We defer to this tweet from Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News: Carmelo has never asked Phil Jackson if he's going to coach this team: "Phil's not coming down." — Stefan Bondy (@SbondyNBA) February 24, 2016 You mean to tell me that Melo, [...]

Are you waiting for New York Knicks president Phil Jackson to make a season-saving blockbuster deal ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline? Well, keep waiting. From the New York Post‘s Fred Kerber: The NBA trading deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m., and Knicks fans await a move to reverse the recent fortunes that [...]

Carmelo Anthony and New York Knicks president Phil Jackson are on the same page. Still. For now. The firing of head coach Derek Fisher gave way to the prospect of Anthony, now 31, growing frustrated with the Knicks and entertaining the idea that he should wave his no-trade clause. But he isn’t going to do [...]

In hindsight, Phil Jackson’s decision to fire New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher seemed to be a long time coming. It didn’t feel that way at first. Fisher is a Jackson disciple. He was Phil’s second choice to man the Knicks after Steve Kerr committed to the Golden State Warriors. The Knicks were a [...]