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New York Knicks president Phil Jackson admitted Friday that Carmelo Anthony may well be better off leaving the New York Knicks. Jackson told the media that, with the Knicks once again failing to win, Anthony would be best served going somewhere else …
Things have not gone well for Phil Jackson in his first three seasons as president of basketball operations for the New York Knicks, but the two sides are committed to trying to change that. Ramona Shelburne and Ian Begley of ESPN.com reported on …
Winning six championship rings together apparently isn’t enough for Scottie Pippen to give his former head coach a pass. In an appearance on ESPN’s “The Jump” Thursday, Pippen placed the blame for the New York Knicks’ …
The New York Knicks, or at least the man running their basketball operations, are serious about the triangle offense. Coach Jeff Hornacek confirmed Friday that team president Phil Jackson spent part of Thursday morning teaching Knicks guards how to …
The New York Knicks made no moves at the trade deadline Thursday, despite rumors that persisted for weeks about Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose potentially being dealt. For at least one team, not being able to get a hold of Phil Jackson was an …
A photo of Phil Jackson riding on a bus went viral on Wednesday night, leading to some funny reactions. An Instagram user named Lou Minoti is being credited for this photo of the New York Knicks president on the bus: #knickstape A post shared by the …
As it turns out, The Zen Master has one heck of a backpedal. In a post to Twitter on Thursday, New York Knicks president Phil Jackson claimed that an earlier tweet from him that was seemingly critical of Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony was …
Phil Jackson is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in NBA history. Unless things change for him in a hurry, his time as an executive will not be remembered the same way. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on “Mike & Mike” …
Charles Oakley appeared to lose his temper in a hurry when he was asked to leave Madison Square Garden Wednesday night, and New York Knicks president Phil Jackson reportedly tried to call upon Michael Jordan for assistance. According to ESPN’s …
If Phil Jackson’s public criticisms are meant to push Carmelo Anthony out of New York, they’re ultimately doing the opposite. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Jackson’s public attempts to pressure Anthony into …
Phil Jackson is very obviously trying to badger Carmelo Anthony into waiving his no-trade clause to make it easier to deal the 32-year-old superstar, but is the New York Knicks president’s approach hurting the team’s chances to attract …
Phil Jackson apparently did his best to stamp out the flames of Rosengate. According to a report by Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Jackson told Carmelo Anthony in their face-to-face meeting last week that he “did not subscribe to the …
Carmelo Anthony and New York Knicks president Phil Jackson finally had a sit-down meeting on Tuesday, and it sure doesn’t sound like they accomplished much. Anthony told reporters Wednesday that he is no longer concerned with what the …
Carmelo Anthony met with New York Knicks president Phil Jackson on Tuesday, and early indications are that the two men did not make much progress in working out their differences. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reports that Anthony and Jackson had a …
The relationship between Carmelo Anthony and New York Knicks president Phil Jackson may be at a crossroads, and the two men are reportedly planning to sit down and discuss it at some point in the near future. According to ESPN’s Ramona …
A longtime friend of Phil Jackson wrote a column last week that was extremely critical of Carmelo Anthony, leading many to believe the criticism came from Jackson himself. Not so, says Charley Rosen. Rosen, who has known Jackson for more than 30 …
