There are several reasons for this, but a key factor often discussed is his struggle to adapt to Phil Jackson's offensive system — the famous "Triangle Offense." In a 2021 interview with Brandon ...

One of the other issues it dealt with was Payton not fitting into head coach Phil Jackson's triangle offense. He told Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson that it simply didn't work for him. “It wasn’t ...

In his book Sacred Hoops, Phil Jackson wrote, "I vowed to create ... that had been designed for Jordan and introduced the triangle offense, an "equal opportunity" offense that involved all five ...