It was going to be so different this time. Carmelo Anthony, regarded by too many as “He Who Defiled All Things Basketball,” was gone. Phil Jackson and his blasted triangle were in the rearview mirror. Kristaps Porzingis was the alpha male, especially…
LOS ANGELES — The big story in La La Land Sunday was not Lonzo Ball, but their point guard on a two-way contract, Alex Caruso. The undrafted G Leaguer piled up a career-high nine points with eight assists, four rebounds, two steals…
Phil Jackson never had full support from his general manager Steve Mills — one factor in his Knicks demise — according to one of Jackson’s longtime biographers/confidants. Jackson is back in Montana after a long trip to Europe and recently spoke this…
Knicks rookie point guard Frank Ntilikina got his first experience facing Kyrie Irving, and it went better than he could have hoped. Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek stuck with Ntilikina in the fourth quarter Thursday night against the Celtics, and the rookie made…
To Carmelo Anthony, he was the Zzzzzen Master. During last season, the final, miserable one of the Anthony and Phil Jackson eras in New York, Anthony would either fall asleep or pantomime sleeping during meditation sessions that Jackson presided over, according to an…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two days after Carmelo Anthony’s observation the Knicks are having more fun this season with a different system, Kristaps Porzingis said one key is head coach Jeff Hornacek is brimming with confidence because he’s running his own stuff. Porzingis,…
Lakers coach Luke Walton won’t use the triangle with the Lakers but wished it had worked in New York and wasn’t “in favor’’ of Phil Jackson’s termination last June. Walton, whom Jackson wanted to make his coach after the 2015-16 season, said…
What could have been a worse scenario for Phil Jackson after he got canned by James Dolan in late June? Having his bitter enemy Jerry West replace him. According to a Sporting News feature on the Knicks, Dolan had his entertainment mogul/compadre…
Warriors coach Steve Kerr gave a thoughtful assessment of the failed Phil Jackson presidential regime, feeling the Zen Master was due bad luck after his record-setting “11 Rings” coaching career, when everything went right. Jackson was fired after June’s draft, when owner…
It was just LeBron being general manager LeBron. Still, the Knicks are not asking for a do-over in the draft. Teammates rushed to support Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina after the ruckus from LeBron James claiming the team drafted the wrong point guard…
BOSTON – Point guard Shane Larkin is back in the NBA and ready to bury the hatchet with former Knicks president Phil Jackson. Larkin, who engaged in a war of words with the Zen Master after he left the Knicks for the…
OKLAHOMA CITY — All summer, Carmelo Anthony asked himself how it got so bad — so thoroughly bad — with the Knicks. He arrived amid fanfare and monster expectations at the 2011 trade deadline. Anthony left just before the start of training…
Shaquille O’Neal says Phil Jackson meant well, but his cardinal sin during his three-year, three-month stint as Knicks president was trusting that millennial NBA players would adapt to the selfless aspects of the triangle. In a conference call promoting TNT’s coverage, O’Neal…
Greg Anthony agrees it will be one of the most difficult seasons to judge whether this edition of the Knicks will be a success. No, Anthony does not see this Carmelo Anthony-less team with a chance at a playoff berth. But he…
With Phil Jackson out, the Knicks are relying more on analytics, according to Jeff Hornacek, but he doesn’t want to get too crazy with it in making playing-time decisions. Knicks president Steve Mills, when first hired to run the show in place…
For Jeanie Buss, Zen just couldn’t go the distance. The Lakers owner shared during an appearance at the annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit on Tuesday that her romance with former fiancée Phil Jackson was doomed after her brother, Jim Buss, didn’t bring…
Actor/comedian Michael Rapaport was once a fixture on the Garden’s celebrity row, but now may have to think twice before asking for front-row comps. In his soon-to-be-released book, “This Book has Balls,” the lifelong Knicks diehard and New York native viciously attacks…
Isiah Thomas says Phil Jackson is still the Zen Master to him. While he “respects’’ the way Carmelo Anthony has handled his undefined status, Thomas admits Jackson isn’t the first big name executive/coach to fail in New York and it won’t hurt…
Joakim Noah has a ton of regrets from last season, and one of them is his awful campaign may have played a role in costing Phil Jackson his job. In his first comments since the season ended, Noah also admitted he “lost…
Phil Jackson’s triangle will no longer be associated with the Knicks and neither will West Point. The Knicks have ditched West Point as their training-camp site, according to multiple sources, after a three-year run that was marked with controversy last October. West…
Kristaps Porzingis is content, working tirelessly and just fine being a Knick. So reports Mindaugas Kuzminskas, the Knicks’ 6-foot-9 young forward playing in the European Championship who attended his April exit meeting with ousted Phil Jackson. Kuzminskas and Lithuania will host Porzingis’…
BALTIMORE – A bearded Carmelo Anthony, after receiving an honorary medal from the mayor of Baltimore in a ceremony, said he’s spoken with new Knicks GM Scott Perry, called Phil Jackson’s firing “a business decision,’’ said the last 12 months have been…
Steve Mills wants his new hire Scott Perry to fight for moves he believes in, but ultimately the final decision will be made by the president, not the general manager. “I’m going to give Scott the room to make basketball decisions and…
Guard Tim Hardaway Jr., reacquired by the Knicks after two seasons in Atlanta, takes a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How much did Phil Jackson’s criticism of you when he traded you to the Hawks in 2015…
Former Knicks coach and current NBA TV analyst Stu Jackson talks to The Post’s Howie Kussoy about a potential Carmelo Anthony trade, Phil Jackson’s departure and the winners in free agency. Q: If Anthony ends up on the Rockets, how would he…
As the David Griffin flirtation demonstrated, the Knicks already have their successor to former president Phil Jackson. According to sources debriefed on their front-office search, owner James Dolan is moving forward with a plan that has Steve Mills remaining as the permanent…
Phil Jackson is either counting his $100 bills or wanting to make sure Knicks fans know he’s at peace despite the franchise ditching his beloved triangle. Jackson tweeted a photo Saturday night of his feet on a lounge chair as he admired…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Though Kyle O’Quinn admitted being surprised his buddy Kristaps Porzingis skipped his exit interview with Phil Jackson in mid-April, O’Quinn said he knew something had to break on the Jackson front. Amid feuds with Porzingis and Carmelo Anthony, both…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Clarence Gaines Jr., former Knicks president Phil Jackson’s top adviser, reacted angrily when asked about an NBA TV video that some allege shows him and GM Steve Mills laughing at Carmelo Anthony’s workout tape. The tape showed Anthony doing…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mo Ndour showed up Sunday at the Orlando summer league a free agent. The defensive forward from Senegal realizes Phil Jackson’s firing earlier this week likely cost him $1.3 million. Jackson didn’t text a lot of players after he…
