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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Phil Jackson is reportedly on the brink of joining the Knicks' front office. ( Jim McIssac/NBAE/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Either the New York Knicks are set to announce Phil Jackson as their next president of basketball operations on Tuesday or their \"major announcement\" is going to be the disappointment of the century for Knickerbocker faithful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;em&gt;New York Times &lt;/em&gt;and USA Today Sports, the Knicks will announce Jackson as the head of the team's front office at a press conference on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. ESPN.com is reporting the deal is expected to pay Jackson $12 million per year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After\u00A0weeks of rumors that the Hall of Fame coach was set to take over the Knicks' front office, it was reported that Jackson\u00A0agreed \u201Cin principle\"\u00A0to a deal. Knicks star Carmelo Anthony also felt confident enough in the deal to tell reporters that Jackson was \"coming on board.\"versee the Knicks\u2019 front office wasn\u2019t reassurance enough for New York fans worried about being left at the altar, maybe confirmation from their team\u2019s best player will do the trick.\u00A0&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI still don\u2019t have a lot of the details, all the details. Have I heard? Yeah, I heard he will be coming on board, not official yet,\u201D\u00A0Anthony told the\u00A0&lt;em&gt;New York Daily News&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CYou can always use Phil Jackson inside an organization, his philosophy, his mindset, his&lt;em&gt;\u00A0&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;r\u00E9sum\u00E9, what he brings to a team, what he brings to an organization. That goes without even saying, so we\u2019ll see how that plays out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CYou can\u2019t take for granted what he knows about the game of basketball, whether he\u2019s on the sideline or in the front office,\u201D Anthony continued. \u201CI\u2019m sure he will try to his best to do what he has to do to try to build a championship team. He knows how to put guys together, put a team together. We\u2019ll see what happens, but I haven\u2019t talked to him, haven\u2019t talked to anyone about the front office about their plans or anything like that.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to\u00A0&lt;em&gt;The Post&lt;/em&gt;, lawyers are still working out the details of Jackson\u2019s contract, but are expected to finalize the agreement by the end of the week. The paper also reveals details of what the Knicks\u2019 new front office will look like:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Knicks president/general manager Steve Mills will remain on board in a revised role and work with Jackson. Knicks owner James Dolan hired Mills because of his vast network of contacts with NBA agents and GMs. That isn\u2019t the strong suit of Jackson, winner of 11 titles as coach of the Bulls and Lakers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some complications still need to resolved. According to the report, the Knicks and Jackson are working out living arrangements, as he prefers his California home over New York. He\u2019s also reportedly seeking $11 million to 12 million a year, a hefty sum for even the Knicks, but one he earned during his second-to-last season with the Lakers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Knicks are in the midst of a disastrous season. Despite winning four consecutive games, the Knicks are only 26-40 record, 3\u00BD games out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Anthony can become a free agent this summer, representing a top agenda item for Jackson if he\u2019s calling the shots.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Earlier this month, the 68-year-old Jackson hinted that he was interested in returning to work and said that he has had \u201Cconversations\u201D about getting back in the league.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThere are winners and losers in the NBA, and a lot of people are trying to reclaim their position or change their culture or whatever,\u201D\u00A0Jackson told\u00A0&lt;em&gt;USA Today Sports&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CSo yeah, there is [opportunity]. I\u2019ve had conversations. Some of them are feelers. \u2018Are you interested?\u2019 type of thing.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Those discussions stretch back to\u00A0last year, when Jackson confirmed that he had discussed a potential front-office role with a number of organizations.\u00A0Jackson\u00A0served as a consultant for the Pistons\u00A0during their recent coaching search, which ended with the\u00A0hiring of Maurice Cheeks, who has since been fired.\u00A0He was also\u00A0briefly linked to the Raptors\u00A0as a possible front-office candidate and he\u00A0was also mentioned in rumors related to\u00A0the Blazers\u00A0and\u00A0the Kings, had they relocated to Seattle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 20 years as a coach with the Bulls and Lakers, Jackson went 1,155-485 (.704). He ranks fifth all time in regular-season victories and he never missed the playoffs, winning six titles with the Bulls and five more with the Lakers. Jackson ranks first in postseason victories (229) and winning percentage (.688, 229-104).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since retiring in 2011, Jackson has said the\u00A0possibility\u00A0of a return to coaching is \u201Cslim and none\u201D and that he was \u201Ckidding himself\u201D if he thought he would return to the bench.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jackson was drafted by the Knicks in 1967 and spent 10 seasons with the franchise. New York won titles in 1970 and 1973, but Jackson was sidelined with a back injury during the first championship season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a 2012 interview with HBO\u2019s\u00A0&lt;em&gt;Real Sports&lt;/em&gt;, Jackson told Andrea Kremer that the Knicks are \u201Cspecial\u201D to him, given his history with the organization, but he added that the team\u2019s roster was \u201Cclumsy\u201D and that the main pieces \u201Cdon\u2019t fit together well.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201C[Amar'e] Stoudemire doesn\u2019t fit together well with Carmelo,\u201D Jackson said. \u201CStoudemire is a really good player. But he\u2019s gotta play in a certain system and a way. Carmelo has to be a better passer. And the ball can\u2019t stop every time it hits his hands. They need to have someone come in that can kinda blend that group together.\u201D\n&lt;em&gt;SI.com\u2019s Ben Golliver contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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