Unable to Phil the void
With that Phil Jackson is done.
Reports from NYC have the Knicks parting ways with Jackson, the 11-time NBA champion head coach who was an unmitigated disaster as team president. How are these for some numbers:
The Knicks lost 50 or more games in each of Jackson’s three full seasons running the franchise. The Knicks were 80-166 in those three seasons.
Jackson reported was open to trading Kristaps Porzingis, the lone building block he was able to acquire. And the final straw was the toxic end to the much-celebrated acquisition of Carmelo Anthony, who has two years and $54 million left on his deal with the Knicks that includes a no-trade clause that Jackson granted him. Simply put, Anthony’s contract likely is the worst in all of team sports.