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's been under five systems in as many years, ... I expect it's going to take some time.
He's at the end of the bench. Right now, we have to win games. That's our No. 1 priority.
He was a great student and a really fine leader on the basketball court. He directed a lot of what happened, he was very much one of the reasons why we were successful over those six championships.
He could have been the heir apparent to (Michael Jordan) and maybe won as many championships. He may still win a championship or two, but the boyish hero image has been replaced by that of a callous gun for hire.
He just has to finish, ... He's doing everything right but the final act and that's finding some strength and finishing and finding a good base and putting it through the hoop. I just told him, 'You're going to have to dunk the ball.'
He is still a long ways from being smooth in what we anticipate will be a system that he'll take to and enjoy, ... It's going to take him a while, as it will everybody, especially a guy who's a lead guard in a situation like that. It takes some time.
He (Lakers owner Jerry Buss) knew what he was trying to get accomplished, but still in all, it never quite seems to match up.
He's had a great year this year. I wanted him to have an opportunity to be on the playoff roster and be successful.
He was an excellent football coach. He had a lot of success here. He was a real gentleman. I knew him pretty well. He was one of the finest men I ever knew.
He was unusual in the fact that he was also an excellent (math) teacher. In those days, most coaches taught P.E.
He had a so-so game. He played adequately.... Everybody's a work in progress right now.
I feel like we will have better opportunities as we go along.
We want to get him into that 36-minute mark somewhere going down the stretch here.
You have to have someone coming off the bench who has experience, knowledge and ability,