In nearly 3 years on job, Phil Jackson hasn’t fixed Knicks

FILE - In this June 3, 2016 file photo, New York Knicks president Phil Jackson, responds to questions during an NBA basketball news conference to announce the hiring of Jeff Hornacek as the head coach in Tarrytown, N.Y. Jackson has made his relationship with Carmelo Anthony worse and hasn’t made the Knicks better. Heading into the trade deadline and nearly three years since he was hired, there are questions if the guy who could do little wrong as a record-setting coach will ever get it right as an executive.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) FILE - In this June 3, 2016 file photo, New York Knicks president Phil Jackson, responds to questions during an NBA basketball news conference to announce the hiring of Jeff Hornacek as the head coach in Tarrytown, N.Y. Jackson has made his relationship with Carmelo Anthony worse and hasn’t made the Knicks better. Heading into the trade deadline and nearly three years since he was hired, there are questions if the guy who could do little wrong as a record-setting coach will ever get it right as an executive.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

By Associated Press February 22, 2017 5 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Carmelo Anthony had a half-season of clues about what Phil Jackson thought of him, and now it was his turn to evaluate his boss.

Anthony had trumpeted his trust in Jackson when he re-signed in 2014 and reaffirmed it months later, even as Jackson continued trading away key players from the best team Anthony ever played on in New York.

Reminded of that recently and asked if he still trusted Jackson, Anthony stopped well short.

“I trust the process,” he said, mimicking Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers.

The process isn’t going well for Jackson in New York.