ET April 18, 2017 CLOSE Phil Jackson Personal Life. May 10, 2016 at 2:49 pm. LeBron James doesn’t like Phil Jackson and he’s been pretty vocal about that for sometime now.
Jackson has largely been off the grid since the Knicks fired him in June 2017, after he had signed a five-year, $60 million deal in 2014. The draft combine is going on and, even though the Knicks don't have a pick, they're there to conduct interviews , Jackson included .
How about that!
Currently, seventy-three-year-old Jackson is possibly single.
What is Phil Jackson doing now? And boy, did he inherit one hell of a squad! We need you to answer this question! The basketball player & coach his starsign is Virgo and he is now 74 years of age. Tara Sullivan , Sports Columnist, @Record_Tara Published 2:55 p.m. ET April 18, 2017 | Updated 5:09 p.m. Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson was a surprise visitor at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo on Wednesday, sitting upstairs with his back to reporters who were downstairs covering practice. Right now, he's up to some GM stuff! CBSN New YorkWatch Now. And yet, LeBron may have the former Lakers and Bulls coach to thank for helping carry Ty Lue’s candidacy for head coach across the goal line. Sullivan: Question for Phil Jackson: 'What are you doing?'
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He bought a $4.85 million apartment in midtown New York in 2014. “Phil was my mentor, and he didn’t even know it.” Nurse and Jackson didn’t meet until the summer of 2018, shortly after Nurse was hired as coach of the Toronto Raptors. Schmeelk: What Is Phil Jackson Doing In Montana? Moreover, Jackson has also bought a house in Los Angeles, California. After giving an insulting contract offer to Tyronn Lue, the Lakers chose to hire Frank Vogel, a decision reportedly influenced by Kurt Rambis and Phil Jackson. It’s the tale of a man who thought he could fix everything but ended up loudly doing little. Just two years removed from the 50-win team that won New York its’ first playoff series in a decade, Jackson took over a team with no earthly idea what it was doing. As of now, Phil Jackson owns luxurious homes in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, as well as in Lakeside, Montana. Filed Under: David Blatt, Frank Vogel, John Schmeelk, Kurt Rambis, New York Knicks, Phil Jackson.
Let’s revisit every moment: March 17, 2014: Knicks hire Phil Jackson as president.
He made his 70 million dollar fortune with Los Angeles Lakers. Phil Jackson has largely kept out of the public eye since being fired as New York Knicks president in 2017, and now we have a better idea of why. With all that being said, there has been a steady change in culture around the Knicks since Dolan announced Phil Jackson would be taking over as Team President.