Championship coach Phil Jackson sure knows how to run a team from the court, but can he run a team from the front office?

This is the question we will soon find out, after sources indicated this week that Jackson is expected to finalize a contract with the New York Knicks before the week finishes.

"Everything is pretty much done," a source said to ESPN. "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."

The team may not come forward with an official announcement until next week, according to ESPN, and some are wondering whether the longtime coach is using the team as leverage to get himself a job with another team. If he joins the Knicks he would have control of the team's basketball operations.

"I think if he has the wherewithal to understand that these jobs are difficult, that they're frustrating and he's not going to be able to coach the players unless he wants to, I'm sure he could do a great job," Jerry West said to The New York Post earlier this week. "Coaching and being an executive are different things. But he has a lot to draw on in terms of experience with players, how to organize teams and how to put them together. The biggest thing to learn is that you're going to need a lot of really good players."

Coach Jackson has 11 championship titles as a coach and he was named the 1996 Coach of the Year. He also won two titles as an NBA player in 1970 and 1973.

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