Time for the Knicks to Fire Phil

The famous comedian Lewis Black is known for his dark sense of humor.

Dude’s mastery of joke telling enables him to spin anything in the world into a punch line.

However, even the greatest of comedians have trouble figuring out what to do with the completely asinine.

For example, former VP Dick Cheney left Black unable to ponder a joke funny enough to compile all of his insane beliefs and actions.

Presented for your approval: the NBA equivalent; the New York Knicks.

And that’s all I gotta say.

Since the turn of the decade, the Knickerbockers have been the most dysfunctional franchise in the entire NBA.

The major reason is team owner James Dolan, who's compiled a laundry list of controversies, and that’s even agter you ignore his bad basketball related decisions.

There was one man who was supposed help Dolan turn his team around. A man with 11 championship rings as a coach, as well as two additional ones as a player. A man who would turn the Knicks into a strong, stable, contending team.

The Zen Master himself, Phil Jackson.

From Day One, Dolan gave Knicks Prez Jackson free reign for making basketball decisions, a move that seemed smart at the time. I mean, the dude's arguably the best coach in NBA history.

Why wouldn’t his success translate from the sidelines to the front office?

Let’s run through a few of Jackson’s major mistakes in less than three years as Knicks's shot-caller:

• Hires a dude with zero coaching experience in Derek Fisher to a 5 -ear, $25million deal;
• Re-signs Carmelo Anthony to a deal that includes a no-trade clause;
• Trade aways useful players like Iman Shumpert and JR Smith for handfuls of magic beans; and
• Signs the corpse of Joakim Noah to a 4-year; $60million contract.

For those keeping track at home, Fisher is now the Knicks' ex-coach, Melo and Jackson are feuding, Shumpert and Smith are reigning NBA champs, and Noah is done for the season.

Mr Zen’s first full season saw him assemble the worst team in Knicks history, but he was able to rebound in his second year by improving from a 17- to a 32-win team.

As for this season, New York's at 26-38 are a solid five games out of the No 8 seed. With three-quarters of the season done and five teams to bunny hop, Jackson’s looking at three full seasons as Knicks' Prez without a single playoff appearance.

To Jackson’s credit, he did draft the Knicks' future in Kristaps Porzingis, but does that make up for three years of irrelevant basketball in the Big Apple?

I guess if you're fine with NBA Skills Challenge Championships as opposed to Larry O’Brien championships, it does.

Either way, it seems like Dolan's content to let the Zen Master stick around until his deal is done in 2019.

If Jackson is going anywhere any time soon, then Knicks fans had better be prepared for more of the same in the foreseeable future.