On Wednesday night, SB Nation tweeted an imagine of Knicks president Phil Jackson sitting awkwardly in a New York bus, scrunched up and twisted to the side as if he was trying to make himself look small.
The photo, which comes from Instagram user Lou_Minoti, leaves many questions. We don’t know why Jackson was riding the Subway, why he was sitting like that or why he owns those shoes. We don’t know whether that woman smells bad or whether that man smells good or whether Jackson’s worst enemy is sitting behind him. All we have is the photo:
Phil Jackson doesn’t look comfortable at all.
ig/lou_minoti pic.twitter.com/ok6FzgDS0Z
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 16, 2017
The photo is hilarious in many different ways, and it quickly became a meme, with fans joking about Phil’s uneasy relationship with Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks’ feud with Charles Oakley and the overall sad state of the franchise Jackson runs.
https://twitter.com/MettaWorldZeke/status/832083517580386306
When you're running late because the bus driver stopped at McDonalds before your stop pic.twitter.com/hcVEJnVXqX
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) February 16, 2017
When you try to trade Melo & he says he's not waiving his no trade clause…and then he makes the All-Star team… pic.twitter.com/bx3OizP5gL
— Randy Cruz (@randyjcruz) February 16, 2017
When you wanna trade Melo but he’s the only all star you got #philjackson pic.twitter.com/5WN1E3oC32
— Free Champagne (@DaRealStakZ) February 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang/status/832068608578711553
This guy on the bus just broke up w his star player and he’s SOBBING https://t.co/EauMO6SsIW pic.twitter.com/tvtZERmQZI
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 16, 2017
"What if Phil was one of us?Just a stranger on a bussss" pic.twitter.com/RvS7OKo91Y
— Conor Sheeran (@conor__sheeran) February 16, 2017
WHY IS PHIL JACKSON ON THE BUS?? This photo will be great to use when he finally quits!!!! #knicks pic.twitter.com/xlbvRdCiio
— JRSportBrief (@JRSportBrief) February 16, 2017
i’m sorry phil jackson
i am for real
never meant to make your pic a meme
but the photo was a dream pic.twitter.com/HHlw2Xv9js— biggie mollz (@mollypodlesny) February 16, 2017
Where you wish you could be right now: pic.twitter.com/X8UVVwoxOF
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 16, 2017
You kind of feel bad for Phil, one of the best coaches in NBA history, for becoming a punchline, but he kind of asked for this when he had the temerity to think he could turn around the Knicks.
Still, you hate to see once-proud man lose his dignity. Keep you chin up, Phil. And maybe sit straight while you’re at it.
