Sam Smith and NBA champion coach Phil Jackson's "Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Players" mentions Phoenix Suns.

Tim Duncan was an incredible player the moment he stepped onto the NBA hardwood. Many rival coaches viewed him as a big threat as they were in awe of his skills and potential, except for the legendary ...

Before his passing, Kobe Bryant pursued coaching his daughter Gianna's all-girls basketball team and always talked about why doing so mattered. Bryant knew this because he was coached himself by one ...

During the early 2000s, when the Los Angeles Lakers had just begun their dynasty run, comparisons between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan started coming up. Everyone knew Kobe was hyped to be like Mike ...

NEW YORK -- Knicks president Phil Jackson believes owner James Dolan has been "forced to meddle" in basketball decisions in the past. But Jackson said he has received assurances from Dolan that it won ...

While high-school prospects might not be able to jump straight to the NBA anymore, the majority of all the highly touted youngsters simply go to college for one year and get to the big league at 18 or ...

Phil Jackson's first substantive chat with Derek Fisher about the New York Knicks' coaching job is scheduled to take place this week, according to sources close to the situation. Sources told ESPN.com ...

New York Knicks president Phil Jackson said Carmelo Anthonycan play the "role that Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant played" in their teams' triangle offenses, but he believes that Anthony sometimes ...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Knicks president Phil Jackson said Thursday that Carmelo Anthony has been bearing a lot of pressure on his shoulders -- and it doesn't have to do with the star player's future.

Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson unloaded about his failed relationship with Carmelo Anthony during his tenure as Knicks president, writing in an upcoming book that he felt the tension between the two ...