SALT LAKE CITY — Shaquille O’Neal believes in Phil Jackson and the triangle offense, and he said neither has been successful with the Knicks because “guys are stubborn” and are being ball stoppers.
O’Neal won three NBA championships playing for Jackson with the Lakers and in the triangle. He fully supports the system — something he says the Knicks’ main players don’t.
“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.