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
He flew coach ? that was the only problem.
He looks like he's injured to me. Except for that dunk, he didn't seem to play with as much vim and vigor.
He'll be playing out on the perimeter a lot, ... How much, I don't know. He might start there the first and third quarters and play a power position in the second and fourth quarters.
When he's shooting well, I encourage him. We're trying to measure personal achievement with team goals.
When he's playing well, we really have a special team. When he's not playing well, we really miss him.
I have been involved in a lot of wild ones. That one was right up there.
I have my hopes as to how we can grow as a basketball club,
I feel very comfortable saying I more than likely will not come back and coach, ... The health issue is very important.
I felt at some times Kobe might have taken advantage of our flexibility,
I didn't want to create an impediment in that situation. I wanted him to be productive. But it didn't seem to be working in that direction. I think more attention was better than less.
I didn't get any satisfaction from their reasoning.
I don't feel like we missed an opportunity. We'll have better opportunities as we go along. We're figuring out how to play against them.
We stumbled and fumbled around out there for three quarters.
He said he wasn't ready to come out. But then he sat down for a while, came back, and made a shot like that. We wanted him to rest his legs. Your legs can suffer when you take as many shots as he does.