Team expects more Phil face time

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Phil Jackson isn’t done holding triangle seminars.

Derrick Rose, part of the six-guard contingent lectured by Jackson during the secret Thursday session, revealed the Zen Master will continue to teach the triangle as the season winds down.

According to Rose, Jackson not only added a couple of new options to his beloved offensive sys- tem during Thursday’s session, but also gave broader advice on passing technique and cutting.

None of this is a good look for Jeff Hornacek. It has become clear Jackson feels his first-year coach needs help with this renewed emphasis of the triangle.

“I think it went well,’’ Rose said. “Then again, someone like Phil comes and talks to you and shows you things, you have to pay attention. When a coach like that gives his time for the team, it was helpful. Then again, it was only one day. Hopefully he’ll come back in a couple of days or next week and show us a couple of more things. It was just a different view and perspective on the offense.’’

Asked if Jackson has set a date for an encore, Rose said, “He said he would. All we got to do is wait and see when that is and go from there.”

Rose said the players got “texts’’ on the flight home from Milwaukee late Wednesday for the guards to report earlier, at 12:30 p.m., for a special session with Jackson, while others were to report at 1 p.m. Knicks officials, meanwhile, told the media there was no practice.

One of the items Jackson lectured on is using two hands “with a punch’’ to deliver passes, saying a “ping’’ should be heard upon the catch.

“He hates the onehanded pass,’’ Rose said.

Rose said the sessions covered a lot of ground — “passing, to the way we cut away, to how we should feed the big guys at the pinch-post.’’

Rose has called it “random basketball.’’ An upcoming free agent, Rose’s future looks shaky because of his passive-aggressive nature to the offense.

“He won championships with it — of course it’s a difference,’’ Rose said of having Jackson preach the offense. “He’s more detailed and real specific about the way you handle the ball and cut and his terminology is different.’’