Jeff Hornacek could ditch triangle and have Knicks run more

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NEW YORK — Jeff Hornacek spent Thursday afternoon at the New York Knicks’ facility in Westchester with team president Phil Jackson, meeting with staffers and players, according to sources. At some point on Thursday, Jackson and general manager Steve Mills offered Hornacek the head coaching job and the two sides began negotiations.

It was the culmination of a weeklong process. Hornacek spent six hours interviewing with Jackson on Monday in Los Angeles and had dinner with Jackson and Mills in Manhattan on Wednesday, when reports first surfaced that the Knicks were ready to choose Hornacek. Both sides have spent plenty of time getting to know one another.

Barring something unforeseen, the Knicks will make it official and introduce Hornacek as their coach early next week in New York.

And then, the real work begins.

Let’s take a look at a few of the initial issues Hornacek will need to address:

What happens to the triangle offense? Several media outlets have reported that Hornacek will have the freedom to install his own offense rather than run Jackson’s preferred triangle. If this is accurate — and several people familiar with the inner workings of the team believe it to be true — it would be a shift in philosophy for Jackson.

The interesting wrinkle here: Derek Fisher attempted to tweak the triangle offense by increasing the pace, running more high ball screens and drag screens. Jackson opposed that change and it was ultimately cited as …

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