Phil Jackson and the Knicks picked up the final 2 years on their 5-year contract

The New York Knicks and team president Phil Jackson jointly agreed to pick up the final two years of their five-year contract on Thursday, according to ESPN’s Ian Begley and Ramona Shelburne. They did so without a public announcement, sweeping the extension under the rug of one of the weirdest seasons in a storied Knicks history.

Jackson signed a five-year deal as team president in 2014. He and the Knicks each reserved the right to go a different direction after three seasons, as to avoid working through a potential lockout.

But amid the circus show that was the Knicks’ 2016-17 season, team owner James Dolan appeared on The Michael Kay Show on Feb. 10 for a radio interview, where he said he would honor Jackson’s contract “all the way to the end.”

The Knicks are 80-166 in Jackson’s full three seasons at the helm, including a 17-65 record in 2014-15 that was the worst mark in team history.

Jackson drafted Kristaps Porzingis No. 4 overall in 2015, but also selected Cleanthony Early in the second round of 2013 when Nikola Jokic, Jordan Clarkson, and Glenn Robinson III were still on the board. His first moves as president were trading J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a pair of conditional second-round picks.

Jackson also traded Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton to the Dallas Mavericks for Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert, Shane Larkin, and Wayne Ellington, along with the second-round picks used to draft Early and Thanasis Antetokounmpo.

In 2015, he sent Tim Hardaway Jr. to the Atlanta Hawks for the pick that became Jerian Grant, who Jackson dealt to the Bulls as part of the Derrick Rose trade.

In 2015, he signed Arron Afflalo, Derrick Williams, Robin Lopez, and Kevin Seraphin. None of those players were on the team the following season. Last summer, Jackson traded for Derrick Rose and signed Brandon Jennings, Courtney Lee, and Joakim Noah to free agent deals.

The Knicks waived Jennings midseason so that he could sign with the Washington Wizards. He gave Noah one of the worst contracts imaginable: four years and $72 million for a 32-year-old center who played 29 games last season with the Bulls. Rose becomes a free agent this summer and was relatively healthy until a torn meniscus in mid-March ended his season prematurely.

Jackson has also seen three head coaches. He hired, then fired Derek Fisher, then replaced him with interim coach Kurt Rambis before signing Jeff Hornacek to a three-year deal last summer. Jackson has insisted on running the Triangle Offense, even though several players, including Rose, struggled to grasp the concepts.

This season, Jackson strained his relationship with his star forward. He used social media to co-sign multiple stories that bashed Anthony’s tendency to hold onto the ball. His close friend and former assistant coach, Charley Rosen, also wrote multiple scathing columns critical of Anthony’s effort on the defensive end.

Anthony holds a no-trade clause, but many believe he will explore trade options this summer and could have played his last game as a Knick on Wednesday.

The first three seasons of Jackson’s tenure haven’t been smooth, but the Zen Master has history on his side. He’s won 11 NBA championships as a head coach — six with the Chicago Bulls and five with the Los Angeles Lakers — running the Triangle Offense to much success during his glory years.

It hasn’t been pretty so far, but Dolan has committed to seeing the final years of the Zen Master’s deal through. Now, Jackson has two more summers to bring a winning team back to Madison Square Garden.