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
There really is something nice about it as far as energizing this team. This team has some deadbeats on it, anyway, and the coach is one of them. It's good to have some people out there that are enthusiastic about the game.
There'll be another resurgence where we get back and play ball well.
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 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.
This goes along with who we are as a society. Somebody does something exceptional, people are looking for ways to denigrate them.
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.
The Olympics is a daunting thing. We have to face the fact that (by doing it this way) we'll cut our players short a little bit.
After a game like he had yesterday, I told his people I'm surprised he didn't name his child Victoria because this had to be one special day for this kid.
This is about Phoenix going back to their home court, trying to rally. One win puts things right at the edge again, and we'd have to come back and hold home court, which is a single-game situation. So we know there's a lot of work to be done before we're finished with this thing.
This is a day and age when the perimeter players are scoring more than the interior players.
I think the only thing it did was take our mind off the game.