People tend to listen when Phil Jackson talks, or tweets, even in August, traditionally the N.B.A.’s tune-out season.

Last summer, while most pro basketball people were lounging on vacation, a bristling Jackson launched a stealth attack by posting three messages during a three-hour span on Twitter, targeting critics of his beloved triangle offense.

“Pundits say triangle is passé,” he wrote in one. “Tired of hearing it used as excuse for players. System basketball takes dedicated coaching basic skills.”

In a second missive, he wrote: “Footwork, passing, reading defense, and team work — the state of bball now is s/roll which is controlled by the dribbler is the easy way out.” He was referring to the all-too-common and predictable use of the screen-and-roll to generate offense.

Jackson concluded: “What was frowned on was to hold the ball and disrupt the rhythm since players were in motion off-ball, but individual has to be aggressive.”

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