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
I'm not going to weigh in on that one. I think that water is a little deep. I think that he measures himself against a season. I've always given him credit for that and he knows what the end-goal is. He's got a tremendous amount of pride and I anticipate that's a process that he's going through. He'll be there when playoffs are going and he'll probably be at his peak at that time.
In this society, we never give people a chance to come back to grace.
His confidence grew as we kept going back in to him, and he got more productive from that. I think guys started relying on the fact that he could be counted on to catch the basketball and convert.
I know these teams have to have an answer, and it's time for the draft to commence and things to happen. I'll be off the queue here in another day or two.
I have never seen anything like that. It was pretty impressive.
In Phil Jackson, they chose a proven winner. That is something I support.
If you were there at the game, I think everybody understands how we won. He got into a rhythm - it was just a landslide.
I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.
I think our defense was confused at times. There were some defensive lapses, and they have an experienced team, which took advantage of some of our young kids.
I think, obviously, coming back and working with this organization is a remarkable turnaround,
I just think he's a very determined player and dedicated to what he's doing. He's doing a lot of letting things develop on their own.
We came here with a plan: We're not going to let this game get by us.
We obviously need his defense at some level. It's good to have him back in the offense, but we weren't smooth with him in there offensively, though.
And then mentally, do I have the patience to see that through?