Phil Jackson is expected to be fired on Wednesday.Julie Jacobson/AP
New York Knicks owner James Dolan is expected to fire Phil Jackson on Wednesday, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical.
Ramona Shelburne of ESPN has confirmed the report.
“The New York Knicks are planning to part ways with embattled President of Basketball Operations Phil Jackson later this morning,” Wojnarowski wrote. “Owner James Dolan has been weighing Jackson’s future role running the franchise… Dolan and Jackson, 71, talked about the possibility of a parting on Tuesday, league sources told The Vertical.”
Jackson has two years and $24 million remaining on his contract. According to Darren Rovell of ESPN, Jackson was paid $60 million during his tenure with the Knicks.
Jackson was hired as team president in 2014 and the team has gone 90-171 during that time and did not make the playoffs.
The tumultuous reign of Jackson as the Knicks’ president was seemingly spiraling even more out of control in recent months. Jackson famously sparred with Carmelo Anthony publicly, appearing to be pushing his star player out the door. There were also recent reports that Jackson was strongly considering a trade of fan-favorite Kristaps Porzingis after he skipped an end-of-season exit meeting with Jackson out of frustration over the “dysfunction” and “drama” surrounding the team.
According to Wojnarowski, Dolan had become “increasingly concerned about Jackson’s fitness for the job and the long-term prospects of success for the franchise.”
Jackson was reportedly falling asleep during a recent workout for a draft prospect.
And to make matters worse, all of the dysfunction had made the Knicks “a last resort” for some free agents, something that would have made it impossible for the Knicks to compete in this new era of super teams.
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