Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jacksonis an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, currently serving as president of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association. Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 until 1998, during which Chicago won six NBA championships. His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won five championships from 2000 until 2010. In total, Jackson has won 11 NBA titles as a coach, surpassing the previous record of nine set...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 September 1945
CityDeer Lodge, MT
CountryUnited States of America
This is a team we told our guys not to foul, and we end up sending them to the line 35 times. That was one of the things we didn't expect.
This is really a slow go if it's a tear. What we do know is these are the type of injuries you've got to let heal, go slow with.
This is something I never thought could possibly happen, ... It's a pleasure to come back.
Some players, you say at the end of the game, maybe it'd be a higher percentage. But he hasn't shown he makes that shot at the end of the game.
That's not what basketball is about. Basketball is about playing as a team and finding a functioning level.
That's not unusual for a player to lose concentration if certain phases of the game go wrong for him. He put some pressure on himself to score. All players want to score as a part of their game. . . . I don't know where his confidence is. You either have it or you don't have it. It doesn't reside in your jockstrap or your brain. His confidence should be in his defense. That's where he plays and rebounds and hustles for us.
Determined, dedicated, disciplined. I think he's ready to play. For Kobe, it's about re-establishing his dominance in the game.
And then mentally, do I have the patience to see that through?
This goes along with who we are as a society. Somebody does something exceptional, people are looking for ways to denigrate them.
They had a game plan against Kobe that was effective, getting the ball out of his hands.
We let the momentum slide in the fourth quarter.
We have nothing to crow about, our home record has been atrocious, we've got a long ways to go before we feel we're on top.
We haven't even talked about Miami, so this has been about playing the other team.
Our particular team right now is not a team that does well resting on any kind of sense of accomplishment. We still have to drive ourselves and drive the team forward.