Familiarity with the triangle offense would seem to make Brian Shaw a logical successor to Phil Jackson.

"That's the owner's prerogative, and I decided to stay out of it,” Jackson said when asked about Shaw.  “Obviously one of my coaches I'd like to see get there. That's their choice as to that part. When they ask me, I'll give them my feelings about that.

"If they want the continuity of this offense and everything else going forward, he's the guy that knows it and understands it," Jackson said. "That's a given, I think. If they're looking to change how this team is going and the direction and the personnel and all the other stuff that goes along with it, then they have something else in mind and I don't have anything to do with that. That's their business."