Cormac: Although his camp denied he made those demands. I don't think that was ever settled one way or the other.
Besides the issue of whether Jim Buss would swallow his pride to that degree, they already spent $11 million to buy out Mike Brown and they'd have to shell out another $12 million to get rid of D'Antoni. Assuming Jackson wants at least as much as last time he coached ($12 million/year), they're suddenly paying close to fifty million damn dollars just at the head coaching position the next couple seasons. I don't see that happening.
Also, lolz for Jackson revisionism. Yeah, what an awful coach that dude is.