Knicks’ ideal Jax replacement is a pipe dream worth pursuing

Maybe, just maybe, if the Knicks can pull this off, they will be the ones committing highway robbery and doing the fleecing.

Toronto’s Masai Ujiri is emerging as the hoped-for candidate for the Knicks to replace Phil Jackson. After three years of Knicks wandering in the wilderness under a great coach but dreadful executive, Ujiri would be a wise choice, making more sense than if on a fateful February night someone at the Garden said, “Let Mr. Oakley watch the game in peace.”

Assuming they cannot get R.C. Buford to leave San Antonio, Ujiri is a logical target — not only because he’s good, but because the Knicks wouldn’t have to negotiate with him anymore. But wanting and getting are two…