There wasn’t any bravado from Phil Jackson when he addressed the media on Tuesday.
There were no brash comments or predictions about turning the Knicks into a championship-caliber team overnight. There was only cold, hard, logical truth.
This was stuff Knicks fans needed to hear and understand, especially since nobody else over the past 15 years (spare Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni when the team was trying to get under the cap) was ever willing to admit it.
His words should be heartening. Jackson gets it. He understands what it’s going to take to rebuild the franchise, how long it will take, and the best road to get there.