NEW YORK — It took just six games for the New York Knicks to devolve into a circus.
Yes, six games for a report to come out that team president Phil Jackson is unhappy with the offense and for assistant coach Kurt Rambis to be handed control of the defense and for the entire team to once again resemble a blind squirrel.
Jackson, according to ESPN.com’s Ian Begley, wants Hornacek to deploy the triangle offense more frequently. Rambis, whose mini-promotion was first reported on Tuesday by ESPN’s Marc Stein, was bestowed additional responsibility as a response to the Knicks' currently ranking last in the league in points surrendered per 100 possessions (110.9).
How or why Rambis—whose disastrous two-year stint as head coach in Minnesota ended with his Timberwolves finishing in the bottom five in defensive rating both seasons, and who was the interim coach Hornacek was hired to replace—received the nod is unclear.
"It could’ve been anybody," Hornacek said to reporters Tuesday at the Knicks' practice facility. "It could’ve been [assistant coach] ...
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