The Knicks as they’re built will never win, according to Dennis Rodman. And the man they call “The Worm” said part of the reason is because Carmelo Anthony — and the rest of today’s millennial players — can’t handle team president Phil Jackson.

Rodman made his comments to Bill Reiter of CBSSports.com, just a week after another former Bulls player, Scottie Pippen, took a shot at Jackson.

“People always say, ‘Phil Jackson’s a [expletive deleted]. No, he’s not,’’ Rodman said. “The people’s mind-age now can’t handle the Phil Jacksons, or people like him, that mentally thing, man. Because Phil Jackson lets you be a man first; that’s the first thing he’ll let you do. And people like Anthony and all you guys, stuff like that, that’s called pressure, man.

“That’s pressure. Especially in New York. They want to win in New York; they will never win in New York. They’ll never win in New York. I’m just saying. Even though he’s a great athlete, great player, he’ll never win in New York. And it’s a great city, though.”

The Knicks are 30-49 after their 106-103 loss to the Wizards at the Garden on Thursday night. Anthony has been bracing for what is expected to be a tense meeting with Jackson, in which he says “the cards will be on the table.”

Rodman knows about both Jackson and winning. Jackson and the Bulls lured Rodman away from the Spurs, and he played three seasons in Chicago, winning NBA titles in every one to bring his grand total of championship rings to five.

“Phil Jackson went to my house and said ‘Do you want to play for us?’ I said ‘I don’t give a sh-t,’ ” Rodman recalled. “I swear to God, that’s what I said: ‘I don’t give a sh-t.’ He said, ‘OK, great. Sign the contract.’ ”

Rodman also chastised LeBron James and today’s players for resting, pointing out that Michael Jordan didn’t take games off. Rodman added that his midseason disappearance from the Lakers during the 1998-99 season was for one reason — OK, two: Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. He said their bickering induced him to go AWOL, and Lakers owner Jerry Buss accompanied him on a trip to Las Vegas.

“I start playing, right? We won 10 games in a row. Ten games in a row when I got there, right? I said, ‘Jerry, I’ve got to take a break.’ One reason: Shaq and Kobe. I couldn’t deal with those [expletive deleted]. I’m not going to lie to you, I couldn’t deal with them. I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I’m not used to this,’ right? I’m used to winning, but I can’t deal with these [expletive deleted] every [expletive deleted] game.”

According to Rodman, Buss asked him if he wanted to go somewhere, and Rodman replied, “Yeah, I’ve got to get the [expletive deleted] out of here.” At that point, Rodman claims Buss — a renowned playboy — not only accompanied him to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but spotted him $200,000 in chips with which to gamble.

“I lost $50,000 in two minutes. I swear to God,’’ said Rodman. “I swear to God.”

Kristaps Porzingis has quickly gone from wanting to play in the final four games of the season to being a question mark to suit up again at all.

Porzingis was a surprise scratch with a sore back in the loss to the Wizards, pulled from the lineup 50 minutes after coach Jeff Hornacek had said he would be fine to play. After the game, Hornacek admitted the Knicks would be cautious with Porzingis, especially for games that don’t matter.

“We said we’ll have to see. It spasmed up when he got loose,’’ Hornacek said. “If he comes out [Friday] and says ‘Hey, coach, I’m fine,’ then he’ll play. But we do have to be careful. It’s the end of the season, its games that — we’re not going to get in the playoffs — … so we’ll keep a good eye on it.”

Porzingis had missed Tuesday’s win over the Bulls with a sore lower back, and after working out had hoped to play the Knicks’ final four games. Now it remains to be seen if he’ll play any of the last three: Friday at Memphis, Sunday against the Raptors or Tuesday’s season finale against the 76ers.

“He got treatment the last few games,’’ Hornacek said. “At shootaround he ran up and down and said he wanted to play these last four games.”

If Porzingis doesn’t play, he would finish with an average of 18.1 points per game and would have missed 16 games in his sophomore season.

Carmelo Anthony said he was confident that wouldn’t stunt Porzingis’ growth.

“Growth? As in how tall?” Anthony said jokingly. “I don’t think there’s any relevance to that as far as him growing as a basketball player. Health is more important than anything. As far as him getting better and learning the game. I think that’s going to happen. That’s what the offseason is for, working and training is for.”