Phil Jackson made many mistakes as President of the New York Knicks. If you have been following the team you have a good idea about the dysfunction they endured under his watch.
Beyond the alienation of his own players, his insistence to run an out of date offensive system and nearly trading his two best players, Jackson’s teams were simply horrific at playing the game of basketball. Despite the mess Jackson made in New York, the basketball world has widely agreed that two excellent moves were made under his reign.
The first move, the selection of a young and skinny Latvian named Kristaps Porzingis.