Phil Jackson’s tenure as team president of the New York Knicks has been one of the most polarizing stretches in franchise history. There’s a powerful divide between those who blame Jackson for the Knicks’ shortcomings and those who place the onus on Carmelo Anthony.
While a vast number of Jackson’s former players have come to the defense of the triangle offense, Scottie Pippen has taken a different tone.
Pippen won six championships as a player—all of which were achieved with Jackson as his head coach. Now an analyst on ESPN’s The Jump, Pippen has buried the past and turned his attention to the present.