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 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.
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.
That's a higher pace, higher fatigue rate, particularly when you play against this team. So it's important for us to understand how to do that.
That's a great job for (Larry), ... (There's) a lot of money there. It's home.
I'll just say that hopefully they've drained the mud out of the building, and the termites aren't going to eat the buildings away in between the time we get down there. They made a good judgment probably to get this back in, and that's the important thing about it.
I hope so. We've got a measure in front of us that we have to step up to and try to regain some kind of composure and some kind of home-court advantage.
I have to allow his judgment. He felt like he could do that at that time.
I have never seen anything like that. It was pretty impressive.
I'm not the panacea for this basketball club, ... It's going to take plenty of hard work and dedication over the course of the summer to change the face of this team.
They know they can get scoring from three players every night, and sometimes all five can score. It's an all-inclusive thing.
In this society, we never give people a chance to come back to grace.
He's still not 100 percent. He will be established in this organization as a prominent player. I'm going to ask him to step into that level as a responsible player on the floor.