Knicks president Phil Jackson gave no prediction for the upcoming season, but the Zen Master issued a glowing report on his six free-agent signings, citing Robin Lopez’s offensive prowess, praising Sasha Vujacic for his ability to “totally change a game in three minutes’’ and claiming Derrick Williams could become a starter.
Jackson has been holed up in Montana in recent weeks, according to a source, and the lovely ranch scenery seems to have put him in an effervescent mood.
Still, Jackson won’t utter the word playoffs in the final weekly installment of the “Phil Files,” in an interview from late July with confidant Charley Rosen for ESPN.