First of all, play this instrumental of OutKast’s “Ms. Jackson” to set the mood.
A complete history of people mocking Phil Jackson using OutKast’s ‘Ms. Jackson’ on Twitter
“I’m sorry, Phil Jackson, ooh / I am for real ...”


Now you’re ready to read all these tweets like André 3000 singing the chorus. Here’s a history of people clowning on Phil Jackson using the song.
May 2009 — The Magic win the Eastern Conference to face the Lakers in the NBA Finals. The Lakers would eventually become champions that year:
April 2010 — The Thunder face the Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs. This was before the Lakers took Game 1:
May 2010 — The Lakers have their first loss to the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference finals. The Lakers would go on to win the series, and then win the Finals:
May 2011 — The Lakers get swept by the Mavericks in the Western Conference semis, the last time Phil Jackson coached in the league:
November 2012 — Lakers have an awful start to the 2012-13 season. The team subsequently fires Mike Brown as head coach, and reports go around saying Phil Jackson is close to rejoining the team. The team ultimately hires Mike D’Antoni:
December 2012 - July 2013 — People decide to make general Twitter jokes using Phil Jackson’s name in “Ms. Jackson”:
March 2014 — The Knicks hire Phil Jackson as president of basketball operations:
May 2014 — Steve Kerr becomes Warriors head coach after turning down an offer from the Knicks:
May 2014 - January 2015 — Even more general Phil Jackson/”Ms. Jackson” jokes:
January 2015 — The Knicks trade J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cavaliers in a three-team deal that also involves the Thunder.
May 2015 — The Cavs defeat the Bulls in the Eastern Conference semis. People are happy J.R. Smith’s succeeding without Phil Jackson and the Knicks, especially a fan who wrote a song in honor of post-Knicks Smith (the song references “Ms. Jackson.”)
June 2015 — J.R. Smith fans are still happy he’s in the Finals. A handful of people tweet the same joke to the Comedy Central show @midnight:
June 2015 - June 2017 — The Knicks draft Kristaps Porzingis, who quickly becomes a fan favorite during his first season, and the best thing that’s happened to the franchise in years.
There are more general Phil Jackson/OutKast jokes.
J.R. Smith wins an NBA championship with the Cavs.
There are discussions that the Knicks should trade Carmelo Anthony; Anthony intends to stay with the Knicks.
In a press conference, Jackson basically admits he’s trying to trade Anthony.
Then there are reports that Jackson is trying to trade Kristaps Porzingis. Porzingis skips the exit interview after the 2016-17 season.
This is all a mess. The Knicks are bad.
Also, a photo of Phil Jackson riding a public bus went around the internet, and everyone had jokes:
June 28, 2017 — The Knicks and Phil Jackson part ways, and finally a handful of people get more creative with their “Ms. Jackson” parodies:
These Phil Jackson/”Ms. Jackson” jokes are going to continue forever. (André 3000 voice) Forever, forever-ever, forever-ever?











