Phil Jackson’s subtle response to LeBron James in ‘posse’ feud

Phil Jackson and LeBron JamesKnicks president Phil Jackson subtly responded on Twitter to “Posse-gate,’’ attempting to defuse the word’s racial connotations rather than apologizing for offending LeBron James’ management group.

Jackson retweeted a post by his Knicks adviser, Clarence Gaines, who is black. Gaines posted a tweet promoting the African-American educational entity called “Posse Foundation” and sharing the link to its website:

The Posse Foundation website states it “has identified, recruited and trained 6,993 public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential to become Posse Scholars. Since 1989, these students—many of whom might have been overlooked by…