Another one bites the dust in this dreadful year that is 2016. After a four-year long engagement, Phil Jackson and Jeanie Buss have called it off.
(Video) NBA: Carmelo Anthony Visibly Annoyed When Asked About Phil Jackson Saying He Hogs the Ball
Yesterday New York Knicks president Phil Jackson said that Carmelo Anthony had a tendency to hold onto the ball for too long. Anthony was asked about Jackson’s comments and wasn’t too keen on answering the question.
NBA: Phil Jackson: Carmelo Improving Ball Hog Habit & Can Play Jordan & Kobe Role in Triangle
The triangle offense worked well when Phil Jackson was a coach for the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan, and the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant, but it’s been critiqued a lot on its use with the New York Knicks. Many people felt it just wouldn’t work with this team, but Jackson has been dedicated to keeping it, and improving the Knicks use of the infamous offense. Jackson was asked it Carmelo Anthony can fit in the triangle, and he made it clear that Melo can.
NBA: Carmelo Anthony Criticizes Phil Jackson: I don’t understand him talking about LeBron in November
New York Knicks president Phil Jackson created quite a firestorm when he referred to LeBron James and his friends/business partners as a “posse.” LeBron James put his childhood friends on and they became extremely successful businessman, so they took offense to the word and the racial undertones it carries. Carmelo Anthony is the Knicks star player but he’s also a very close friend of LeBron; they form “The Brotherhood” with Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade. Anthony sided with his friend, saying Jackson might not have meant any harm by the word, but it shouldn’t have been said.
NBA: LeBron James & Maverick Carter Go Off on Phil Jackson After He Calls Them a ‘Posse’
New York Knicks president Phil Jackson labeling LeBron James and his childhood friends/ business partners as a ‘posse’ has struck a nerve with the three-time NBA champion and his right hand Maverick Carter.
NBA: Phil Jackson Revealed He Briefly Considered Trading Kobe Bryant To Detroit For Grant Hill
Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant won five NBA championships together but it almost never happened. In a recent interview with Today’s Fastbreak, the zen master revealed that the legendary partnership was very close to ending before it ever started, thanks to an immature Kobe, who at the time wasn’t found of Phil’s advice to come off the bench. It led to a trade proposal from the Pistons of Grant Hill for Kobe, which Phil says he considered before realizing Kobe would be great.
