The New York Knicks are bungling their way through Phil Jackson’s triangle offense. The same offense that Shaquille O’Neal used to win three NBA Championships playing alongside Kobe Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers. None of that success would’ve happened without O’Neal buying into the vision of head coach Phil Jackson.
After New York’s loss to the Clippers on Monday, O’Neal told Al Iannazzone of Newsday that the failures could be linked back to the “stubborn players.”
“When you’re a player and you’re used to doing something one way and then you bring in the system, a lot of guys don’t like to give up their habits,” O’Neal said after serving as a TNT analyst for the Knicks’ loss Monday night in Los Angeles to the Clippers.