Why is Phil Jackson making $12 million a year from the Knicks? To keep James Dolan out of basketball decisions. Whatever Jackson has done right (drafting Kristaps Porzingis and other members of the Knicks young core) and wrong over his time in charge of the Knicks basketball operations, every day he keeps the Knicks’ owner from meddling on the basketball side is a good day. Jackson’s $12 million salary is leverage in that battle. But as the Knicks have gone 2-12 in their last 14, and got thumped by the Raptors at home on Monday, Dolan’s anger is boiling up, reports Frank Isola at the New York Daily News. - See more at: http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/02/24...-with-knicks-slide-out-of-playoff-contention/
