Phil Jackson bolts Big Apple to clear mind for coaching search: Knicks president Phil Jackson is out West, eventually heading to his Montana ranch at Flathead Lake. After bolting New York last weekend, Jackson made a pitstop in Sioux City, Iowa, tweeting a photo of a Thai restaurant Tuesday. Later, his brother told a TV station Jackson will drop him off at his home in Idaho before ending up in Montana. -- New York Post

Phil Jackson tweets photo of himself on vacation: Phil Jackson's coaching search is leading him back to his summer home in Montana. On Wednesday, the Knicks president tweeted a photo of himself with a monument honoring Native American war leader Crazy Horse in South Dakota with the caption “'curly' moment." The tweet and the trip come amid a coaching search that has resulted in two conversations with two candidates since the Knicks season ended on April 13. -- New York Daily News

Charles Oakley threatens TNT’s Charles Barkley on Twitter: ‘You better stop talking s--- about Cleveland’: Charles Oakley is fed up with Charles Barkley. The former Knicks power forward called out Barkley in a tweet Wednesday night, writing, “Charles Barkley ,you better stop talking s*** about Cleveland you was never tough you hide behind TNT.” -- New York Daily News