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While the lakers' braintrust passed on kristaps porzingis with the second pick to take d'angelo russell the hardest step is going from pretty good to really good and even harder to go from really good to a championship level.'' Knicks owner james dolan won't let go of president phil jackson just yet. New york knicks president phil jackson said his experiment has fallen flat on its face in his first season with the team.

In 1991 phil helped michael jordan to get through the east and win his first nba championship.

Phil jackson (born september 17, 1945) is a coach in the nba. Multiple reports said jackson was offered the position of knicks coach. The new york knicks drafted phil jackson in 1967, and now they need his help again. Phil jackson has become known as the zen master after implementing a series of tactics called zen leadership to help craft his basketball he also played baseball and football, and he was on the track team.