Knicks Morning News (2017.03.16)

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Jeff Hornacek said he didn’t feel undermined by team president Phil Jackson conducting a triangle tutorial last week, and doesn’t seem concerned about someone being the fall guy if and when the season ends with the Knicks missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

Jeff Hornacek is no longer saying the Knicks can make a playoff run. The Knicks coach conceded the race is just about over and it’s time to start building for next season.

Despite the brutal record and growing input of Phil Jackson, who reversed the head coach’s offense, Jeff Hornacek’s job is safe, according to an NBA source. In his three years as team president, Jackson has had four head coaches and, though this club was built to win now, there’s no plan for a fifth head…

From “confusion to contusion,” Kristaps Porzingis is expected to miss his 11th game, this one because of a bruised left thigh when the Knicks host the Nets on Thursday. Porzingis left Tuesday’s game with the Pacers at the start of the fourth quarter after colliding with Monta Ellis, and the Knicks rallied to win without him….

Pacers point guard Jeff Teague, among the array of marquee free-agent playmakers available in July, admits he once hoped to get traded to the Knicks from Atlanta when GM Steve Mills inquired back near the trade deadline in early 2014. That was a month before Phil Jackson and the triangle. Teague acknowledged New York likely…

Iman Shumpert didn’t know he was in basketball hell until he stepped into heaven. The former Knicks guard initially felt sad when he was dumped during the 2014-15 season. “I was hurt when I got traded,” Shumpert told HoopsHype, which interviewed numerous players on how it feels to be traded at mid-season. “It was a deflating feeling,…

The previous time Kristaps Porzingis left a basketball court, he admitted he was confused and frustrated. When he exited Tuesday night, he was banged up and limping. And in the Knicks’ eyes, injured is worse. The injury does not appear serious, though, and Porzingis, who suffered a bruised thigh, has fingers crossed he could be…

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Knicks’ Hornacek: Triangle a selling point

Derek Fisher says that creating a winning culture in New York is challenging because “there’s so many different things pulling at you.”

Darko Milicic is opening up about his dark days in the NBA.

Pacers PG Jeff Teague, who will be a free agent after the season, weighed in on his unfamiliarity with the Triangle.

Knicks F Kristaps Porzingis missed the team’s practice on Wednesday after suffering a deep thigh bruise, the club said.

Carmelo Anthony recorded a double-double in New York’s win over the Pacers Tuesday night.

Anthony Donahue and Moke Hamilton are officially in the dog days of the season as the guys discuss what Knicks fans can look forward to for the rest of the year.