Phil Jackson expected to finalize deal this week

ESPN is reporting that Phil Jackson is expecting finalize a deal this week ,according to the article the source goes on to say

"Everything is pretty much done," . "There are just some little things here and there that need to be worked out, but the Knicks are very confident that this is essentially done.

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This report comes after some skepticism on whether in the Knicks job was ploy by Phil Jackson to get a better NBA job elsewhere after Yahoo NBA writer found conflicting sources saying deal "wasnt close" .

As I reported in column, still no assurance an agreement will be reached. No one in Jackson's world thinks deal is "close," that's for sure.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) March 11, 2014