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Keidel: By Crushing Melo’s Trade Value, Phil Jackson Further Proves He’s Not The Cure To Knicks’ Decadeslong Ills

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The Knicks and their fans are wondering: How did Phil Jackson go from king of the basketball court to court jester?

In the world of analytics and acronyms — from PER to WAR to OPS — the Knicks revive some old, WWII nomenclature: FUBAR.

While some of us were not nearly as elated as so many New Yorkers to hear that Jackson was summoned to save the Knicks from the four-decade abyss that has yielded zero championships since Jackson himself was playing for them, he does have 13 NBA championship rings, 11 as a coach.