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
We're exploring life without Shaq, ... and enjoying it, too.
We've got a week that's real busy ahead of us. We've got to stay the course, and that's important for us right now.
It's time to penetrate and find somebody else if that's not the shot you're making or you're comfortable with. You have to know that.
I told the guys that the team is going to double- and triple-team Kobe at the end. So he's not going to get the ball. Somebody else is going to have to step and make shots.
This goes along with who we are as a society. Somebody does something exceptional, people are looking for ways to denigrate them.
They really crowded Shaq well and did not give him a good look in the lane. He struggled to find a position in the lane all night.
It means something to the fans; it's territorial bragging rights for them.
The more you draw attention to it, the worse it becomes. So it's better just to show up and swallow your pride.
Red and I, I think, have a mutual admiration. That's all I can say.
And then mentally, do I have the patience to see that through?
Houston had some injuries to veterans and we were able to overwhelm them in the second half.
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 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 He may still win a championship or two, but the boyish hero image has been replaced by that of a callous gun for hire.
Kobe fought his way through it tonight. It was one of those games where the numbers of shots he took was too high, but he thought he was going to get fouled and he took the shots because he felt the pressure on him.