The New York Knicks have struggled this season with a roster that is not nearly talented enough to run the triangle offense.

Phil Jackson continues to believe in the triangle and he's let Derek Fisher try to figure out his own version of it he wants to run.

“I think it’s still debatable about how basketball is going to be played, what’s going to win out,” said Jackson, leaving no doubt of his disdain for the point guard dominating concept of “screen-and-roll, break down, pass, and two or three players standing in spots, not participating in the offense.”

Jackson predicted the Knicks would be a playoff team this season.

“It’s really hard to run the triangle with bad players because most bad players don’t understand the game,” said Jerry Krause, who as general manager endorsed Jackson’s use of it with the Bulls, in order to integrate Michael Jordan’s otherworldly skills into a more cohesive attack. “You’re not going to win with bad players running any system. But with the triangle you particularly have to have intelligent players who can be patient. And I’m not talking about math intelligence. I’m talking about basketball intelligence.”