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
The toilets are flushing great in the locker room.
we'd visit an art museum in Houston, or a spectacular shoreline vista in Oregon, or attend a political lecture in Boston. And so I found myself getting a special kind of education just witnessing Bill's grasp of what makes our society tick and how business gets done.
We carried out our end of the bargain.
We couldn't stop their second chance points down the stretch. I thought we had a good shot at winning the game. It was well fought.
We couldn't overcome a tough shooting game for Kobe. They threw an extra man at him, and we didn't make good adjustments. Offensively, I don't think we grasped the concepts of what we are trying to do here.
Well, this is something I never thought could possibly happen, to be standing back again, less than one year after having been part of the dissolution of this organization and the changing of the guard, so to speak, and feeling so comfortable stepping back into this position,
We have a lot of players at that position and, obviously, we've got to make cuts soon. Our desire is to find a place for him and a good opportunity for him and Charlotte was a team that really and truly did want him.
We've made a lot of changes. Our roster is not set in stone. It's a very young team, our average age is 25. It's going to try the patience of its coach.
That was something to behold. That was at another level. I've seen some remarkable things before, but I've never seen anything like that.
That was something to behold. It was another level. I've seen some remarkable games, but I've never seen one like that before.
That was something to behold -- it was another level. At halftime we were disturbed about the way we were playing. We came out, and Kobe just found a way to do everything.
That was something to behold -- it was another level.
That was all well and fine, but there was still some unfinished business, I felt, with the Lakers,
That's what happens when a team plays with some desperation.