Sources: Knicks Parting Ways With Team President Phil Jackson

The Knicks and team President Phil Jackson today will "announce that they're parting ways," according to sources. Conversations about "what was best for the team's future" between Jackson and Knicks Owner James Dolan "accelerated this week when the franchise decided it would not buy out" F Carmelo Anthony. Some people close to Dolan reportedly "had been pushing him to consider firing Jackson for much of the season." Sources indicated that it "had become clear" that Jackson had "no plans to remain beyond the two years left on the five-year contract he initially signed" in '14. Knicks GM Steve Mills will "stay in his current role and lead the team during free agency" (ESPN.com, 6/28).