Jackson to spend more time around Knicks at Fisher's request
Posted September 25, 2015 7:00 am
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - Phil Jackson says he will spend more time around the New York Knicks coaching staff this season at the request of coach Derek Fisher.
Jackson says Friday that he wanted to give Fisher his space last season in their new roles, but feels he may have "stepped back too far last year."
The NBA's career leader with 11 coaching championships says Fisher told him he would like to have more conversations this season, so Jackson, the team's president of basketball operations, says they will do so.
The Knicks went 17-65 last season under Fisher, who made the jump straight to coaching after retiring as a player. He says he and Jackson want to carve out more time to "really make sure our team is headed in the right direction."
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