Phil Jackson had a chance to trade for Boston’s Jae Crowder in 2014 and opted instead to acquire a second-round pick. He calls this decision, which was part of the Tyson Chandler/Raymond Felton trade, his biggest mistake as Knicks team president.
Jackson made his remarks in an interview with Charley Rosen after the season that was published Friday by Today's FastBreak:
Here is Jackson’s full quote from the interview: “I don’t consider hiring Fish [Derek Fisher] a mistake because he worked hard and got the guys to stay as positive as possible while the losses piled up.