Phil Jackson opens up about his 'posse' comments

Knicks president Phil Jackson found himself under fire in November when he criticized LeBron James and used the word "posse" to describe his friends and business partners.

James was not happy about the use of the word, and he gave a strong response to Jackson, saying he lost respect for the championship-winning former coach.

Jackson joined CBS Sports Network's We Need to Talk on Tuesday, and he didn't exactly walk back on his remarks.

After being asked if he would take back what he said or approach his remarks differently, Jackson said:

"That's a topic I'm not going to discuss because, one, we're not supposed to discuss other team's players in this position that I have here. So I violated one of the tenets of our thing. And the obvious thing is, the word itself carries connotation. And I just don't understand that part of it, the word. So I guess word choice could be something I could regret. But yeah, talking about other teams players, that's out of the box."

Lisa Leslie followed up and asked if he was going to speak with James about the remarks. Jackson said that he didn't think anybody was truly hurt by his comments.

"No, it's water under the bridge. I don't think there was anybody hurt or harmed in this situation. I think LeBron's friend obviously had an issue with it. So we just let it go. It's not enough to talk about it."

The Knicks will host the Cavaliers on Wednesday.