Phil Jackson talks about Knicks' failures as team prez . . . but doesn't take any responsibility

While Leon Rose was making his way through the trade deadline as Knicks team president, the former president, Phil Jackson, was rehashing his tenure in New York, placing the blame for his dysfunctional time atop the franchise on a number of places — but not on his own failures.

Jackson, who was pushed out after openly floating the idea of trading away Kristaps Porzingis while mismanaging his star, Carmelo Anthony, said that Garden chairman James Dolan, "did me a favor," by firing him as he opened up about his time in New York while appearing on the podcast of former Lakers player, Coby Karl, "The Curious Leader."

"I think that Jim felt like I was facing too big of an uphill climb and relieved…