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Phil Jackson Mind Games After Knicks GM Slams Carmelo Anthony, Shaq Reads Nietzsche And Sun Tzu

Phil Jackson, the new GM of the New York Knicks, is famous for using psychology and motivation to bend unruly, undisciplined and unfocused basketball teams into history-making, championship-winning organizations. Any who doubted he could wield such influence as effectively from the front office as well as he did from the sidelines is a dang fool. The Zen Master has become one with the Force in his new capacity as the Knicks' guru, playing mind games with Carmelo Anthony in the press. Jackson is used to molding difficult superstars like Shaq and Kobe, to whom he reportedly gave frequent reading assignments during the Lakers' championship run under Jackson's reign as coach. When you have the biggest stars in the NBA reading Nietzsche and Sun Tzu, you can probably accomplish anything.