Phil Jackson's Way With Words

Phil Jackson, Knicks president of basketball operations, and Phil Jackson, all time great coach of both the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers are two completely different people.

The roles are different, instead of coaching a team, Jackson is now tasked with building one that fits together.Being the Knicks president, the ideal way for Jackson to operate is to keep it to his Knicks, his focus, determination, and all comments. Instead, Jackson decided to throw more shade at the world’s greatest player, LeBron James, in an interview with ESPN.

“I do know LeBron likes special treatment, he needs things his way. You can’t hold up the whole team because you and your mom and your posse want to spend in extra night in Cleveland. Teams don’t do overnights, they just don’t,” Jackson said.

“Posse,” is defined a multiple of ways, James and many others took at as Jackson was referring to posse in terms of “a body of men, typically armed, summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law.”

“To use that label and if you go and read the definition of what the word ‘posse’ is, it’s not what I’ve built over my career. It’s not what I stand for. It’s not what my family stands for. And I believe the only reason he used that word is because it’s young African Americans trying to make a difference,” James said.

Jackson created such an awkward and unnecessary situation, his own players were questioned about something that doesn’t even pertain to basketball, in preparation for tomorrow nights game.

“Sometimes Phil just say things and he says the first thing that comes to mind. Probably he’s in his office right now regretting it. People take it the right way and people take it the wrong way. I’m sure it hit home (for LeBron), I’d want to be called a tight-knit group or family, that’s what I consider those people close to me. I just don’t understand him talking about LeBron right now in November,” Carmelo Anthony said.

As of right now, Jackson hasn’t been anywhere near as successful in the front office, as he was when he was commanding the sidelines. And as time goes on he continues to look worse and these random situations he creates isn’t helping how players look at him, or possibly the Knicks as a free agent destination.

“I had nothing but respect for him as a coach, until now,” James said.