Knicks President Phil Jackson Didn't Find Adam Silver's Triangle Jab Funny

New York Knicks president Phil Jackson wasn't happy with NBA commissioner Adam Silver's joking assessment of the team's new triangle offense on Monday.

Silver quipped that the Knicks "clearly" were "still learning" the triangle after their frustrating loss to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.

"I wasn't so humored by the commissioner actually jumping in on top of that, too," Jackson said on Monday, via Ian Begley of ESPN New York. "He doesn't need to get in on that. There's enough focus on [the] triangle. It's not anything. It's a system. It's simple basketball. Just play the game. We're over the triangle; let's get to business and play the right way."

Jackson made those comments without being prompted prior to the team's 91-85 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

Silver was asked about the team's new offense on Thursday by reporters in advance of the Knicks' game with the Brooklyn Nets.

"I watched the Knicks' game last night," Silver said while chuckling. "Clearly, they're still learning the triangle. I still don't understand it. But they're learning it. But that's what the game is all about. You have a new coach; you have a new president of basketball operations in Phil Jackson; you have a couple new players on the team."

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