After flirting with the idea of only coaching home games (Mitch Kupchak: “Not bloody likely!”), then mulling retirement, Phil Jackson announced today that he’s returning as coach of the Lakers, full time. Apparently finished with a battery of medical tests more thorough than the ones administered to Linda Blair in “The Excorcist,” Phil The Departed [...]
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Phil Jackson will return to coach the Los Angeles Lakers next season, getting a clean bill of health following a record championship season.
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