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With Phil Jackson gone, Knicks need to try something different

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The Knicks need to give peace a chance. Nothing else has worked in this century, up to and including the maddening, not-so-Zen detour that was Phil Jackson’s three-year ka-ching of a term.

There is no disputing that Madison Square Garden executive chairman James Dolan did the right thing parting ways with Jackson as team president Wednesday, his most popular executive decision since . . . hiring Jackson in 2014.

Hey, it was worth a try, just like bringing in Carmelo Anthony was in 2011. The team has expensive tickets to sell, and the theory always has been that big names are required to sell them.