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Not feeling the Zen.

Welcome in the beginning of the Ben Mallor show.

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And somewhere in the suburbs of New York City, Phil Jackson right now is meditating.

He's in some deep state of meditation, practicing the Buddhism that he believes in some of that.

The Zen master. And he is thinking right now,

why am I being attacked? That is what he is thinking. The story that came out just before we got

on the air, Phil Jackson, apparently is really on the hot seat as the head of the New York Knickerbockers front office.

Now, typically with these kind of reports, you say, well, there's nothing to this.

This is just some no-name hack, wannabe NBA insider that's throwing stuff against the wall,

hoping that it hits.

But this is different.

It's a Wage bomb.

And when Wodege drops a bomb, people pay attention.

So James Dolan, if you are to believe this as the gospel and as the word, James

Dolan is considering firing the greatest champion of all time in basketball, Phil Jackson.

So I wanted to talk about this, and they say that no final decision has been made, so it's a speculative story.

And again, it's based on the late-night bombing run, carpet bombing run by Woj, who threw this out.

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