Phil Jackson at it again, back to his old tricks

[LA_Showtime]

Yeah, you gotta love Phil. He's testing Stern. I'm sure his line of thinking is, "He won't fine me again, that would be ridiculous and stupid. Hehe."

[ds123]

Originally Posted by LA_Showtime

Yeah, you gotta love Phil. He's testing Stern. I'm sure his line of thinking is, "He won't fine me again, that would be ridiculous and stupid. Hehe."

What's the rule on where fine money goes? I think in the NFL it goes to their general charitable fund, or something.



That being said, I don't think Stern is gonna back off because simply... well... when has he ever been hesitant in fining?

[Bosnian Sajo]

Phil,

Originally Posted by ds123

This is what I've been saying for awhile. Phil isn't a coach, the X's and O's go to Tex Winter. He's a game manager. Phil is the guy you bring in when you know you have the best personnel in the league but with which comes egos/drama/and prima donnas, and you need to turn that into a championship TEAM.(Not nearly as easy as it sounds).


Best story I ever heard about Phil was from a Luc Longley interview. When playing in the Finals vs. Utah, Rodman was sluggish all up and down the court and wasn't himself. Luc Longley described Rodman as visually looking unwell, and said it looked like he even had the shakes or something. Phil thought the problem was that in the middle of Mormon country, there was absolutely NOTHING for Rodman to do. So what he did was he sent him on a plane to Vegas for a night, told him to get all that crap out of his system, and come back refreshed.


And then Rodman showed up the next game.

Thats hilarious i might have to look that story up.

[ZenMaster]

Originally Posted by ds123

This is what I've been saying for awhile. Phil isn't a coach, the X's and O's go to Tex Winter. He's a game manager. Phil is the guy you bring in when you know you have the best personnel in the league but with which comes egos/drama/and prima donnas, and you need to turn that into a championship TEAM.(Not nearly as easy as it sounds).

Phil knows the X's and O's quite well too though..... Just saying.

[bdreason]

Nash won't get one palming call on him the whole series. Non-story.

[Faberg]

The thread title summed up my thoughts exactly when I read the article.

[cotdt]

Originally Posted by bdreason

Nash won't get one palming call on him the whole series. Non-story.

That's because Nash will adjust to stop palming the ball after he hears Phil's remarks. This will throw Nash off his game as he must dedicate focus on not palming the ball, leading to 9 turnovers in an important game.

[BallPhunk]

Even if Nash thinks about not palming the ball for 30 seconds over the series, Phil has accomplished his goal.

[G-train]

Originally Posted by BallPhunk

Even if Nash thinks about not palming the ball for 30 seconds over the series, Phil has accomplished his goal.

LOL, Nash won't give a flying frypan about the comment. Won't even enter his brain.

[Funnyfuka]

[artex]

Originally Posted by IcanzIIravor

Wait....Sasha is nailing Sharapova? Well he is alright in my book now.

SASHA IS TOO LEGIT

[Norcaliblunt]

For being defending champions, not to mention a coach with 10 rings, Phil does an awful lot of whining, whether it be for psychological advantage or not. Is it really that hard to show some class and just let the teams play? Its like when Pop from the Spurs starts pulling out the hack a whoever, all you're thinking is REALLY? you have to resort to this.

[ZenMaster]

Originally Posted by Norcaliblunt

For being defending champions, not to mention a coach with 10 rings, Phil does an awful lot of whining, whether it be for psychological advantage or not. Is it really that hard to show some class and just let the teams play? Its like when Pop from the Spurs starts pulling out the hack a whoever, all you're thinking is REALLY? you have to resort to this.

Dude it's the NBA, not your local HS team.

[lakerHater]

The writer of this article even calls Kobe out!