Give New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson this: The man knows how to cast smokescreens.
In what can only be described as a shocking turn of events, the Knicks are just about set to hire former Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek as their next sideline-ambler, according to Bleacher Report's Howard Beck.
Nothing is official, but a source tells Beck it's only a matter of time before that changes:
For Jackson's next trick, he will now mostly, or wholly, bury his loyalty to the triangle offense. He has to...right?
Or does he expect Hornacek—like Derek Fisher and Kurt Rambis before him—to be the next malleable vessel through which he imparts his own agenda?
The Knicks have been linked to Jackson's battle-tested (battle-scarred?) system since he grabbed the franchise's reins in March 2014. And he essentially canned Fisher, a branch off his own coaching tree, because the first-time head honcho didn't properly utilize the various triangle resources, including Jackson, at his disposal.
Hence why Fisher's now-temporary replacement, Rambis, was considered the favori ...
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