If “savior” in the context of the NBA is a dumb sportswriting cliche, Phil Jackson came as close to being one as professional basketball ever saw.
That was as a coach. As boss of your basketball operations, not so much.
His first season running the Knicks was a 17-65 debacle.
In his second, he just fired Derek Fisher, who had never coached a game when Jackson hired him and lasted only 136, losing 96 of them.
Not that his hiring was a surprise to anyone who knows Jackson.
Phil isn’t widely networked, or networked at all.