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Knicks, Phil Jackson status report: Treading water after 3 seasons

Al Iannazzone

Al Iannazzone joined Newsday in January 2012 as the Knicks’ beat writer, after covering the NBA for 11 Show More

It was three years ago that these words were uttered-much to the delight of all Knicks’ fans:

“We hope to take the team forward in bringing the process forward toward winning a championship. This would be a pinnacle, a capstone, on the remarkable career that I’ve had.”

Phil Jackson said that, among other things, when the 11-time NBA champion coach was introduced as the Knicks’ president of basketball operations on March 18, 2014.