Phil Jackson Is Reportedly Not Too Attracted By The New York Knicks
One of the more interesting teams during this lockout shortened NBA season, whether they are winning or losing, has been the New York Knicks. The Knicks began the season with much promise after the addition of the great defensive center Tyson Chandler. But the simple addition of Chandler did not fix all the Knicks problems as their defense continually lacked the tenacity, and fire needed to beat the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Asis accustomed to the team he is coaching Mike D’Antoni was blamed for the defensive struggles of the Knicks, and midway through the season resigned as head coach. If not for the sudden emergence of point guard Jeremy Lin then D’Antoni probably would have been gone earlier than he was.
When D’Antoni was fired assistant coach Mike Woodson stepped in and the Knicks, sans Amar’e Stoudemire for a short period of time, were doing well. The defense had stepped it up, and Carmelo Anthony was on a tear. But regardless of how hot Carmelo Anthony was heading into the playoffs a match-up with the Miami Heat seemed like a tough one to pull off for the Knicks, and judging by the Heat’s current 3-0 series lead the task was too much for the Knicks. Now that the Knicks season will, more than likely, be coming to an end shortly the search for a permanent full-time head coach will begin.
Regardless of how good of a job Mike Woodson has done in his short time as head coach, it has been rumoredthat the Knicks are prepared to offer Phil Jackson upwards of $50 million to become the new head coach of theKnicks. Jackson played for the Knicks and has stated before that he will always have an affinity for his old team, but that does not necessarily mean that he is a lock to become the Knicks new head coach, if in fact they decide to part ways with Woodson.
According to a Yahoo! Sports report Jackson is not too “enthralled” by the Knicks roster. Here is a small excerpt from the article by Adrian Wojnarowski, “Jackson isn’t enthralled with the Knicks’ roster, a source who talks to him said, but that doesn’t mean he’d completely rule out the job. New York matters to him, and, so does money, the kind of money only the desperation of Dolan could dole out.” To me the most surprising thing about this post was the fact that Jackson, according to Wojnarowski who is very good, has placed a high demand on the amount of money he would need to return to coaching.
The fact that Jackson isn’t too “enthralled” with the Knicks roster is not at all surprising, (I don’t even think Knicks players, staff, or fans like their own roster), but is money really the key factor for a return to coaching? I’m not saying that Jackson should come in and coach for very cheap but I would assume, from the outside looking in, that Jacksons’ true motivation to once again be a head coach in the NBA would be his health, and the possibility of winning an NBA championship in 2-3 years max. I mean it’s not like Jackson is going to coach for the next 10-15 years right? Whatever path Jackson does decide to take I am sure that in the end it will be a winning one, because after all that’s really what Jackson is all about.
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