Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted in 2005.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Phil Jackson was introduced as the Knicks’ basketball boss three years ago at a large and festive news conference in Madison Square Garden’s glitzy new lobby, the world full of possibilities.
On Friday, when he tried to make sense of his current predicament, he found himself in a quiet corner of the Knicks’ practice court before a small audience limited mostly to skeptical reporters asking questions on behalf of skeptical fans.
It was a little depressing — as it should be after three lost seasons.