“The job of an NBA executive is about fostering
relationships yet [fired New York Knicks President Phil] Jackson, socially
uncomfortable to begin with, didn't have many friends in NBA circles other than
some of his former players, John Paxson, B.J. Armstrong and Kerr. He didn't
like dealing with player agents, which is also essential to the job.
“And when the Knicks started losing and losing big,
opposing teams took satisfaction in watching Jackson, who was cocksure and
arrogant as a head coach when he had Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, struggle
to cope with no longer being invincible.”—Frank Isola, “Inside Phil Jackson’s Tumultuous Three Years as Knicks President,”
The New York Daily News, June 29,
2017
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