PHIL JACKSON RUMORS & GOSSIP

Dwight Howard could be looking to get another coach fired

Dwight Howard isn’t the only one questioning Mike D’Antoni. It started the moment they overlooked Phil Jackson. Fans, radio personalities, and now even Dwight Howard can’t make sense of D’Antoni’s system and the lack of player the Los Angeles Lakers have to run it. In retrospect the Lakers made a mistake when they brought in Mike D’Antoni. They should have either let...
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Phil Jackson says he laughed when the Lakers hired Mike D’Antoni

Tweet Remember early in the 2012-2013 season when the Los Angeles Lakers flirted with the idea of re-hiring legendary head coach Phil Jackson but instead decided to go with Mike D’Antoni and how comical the whole ordeal was? Well apparently Jackson found it just as comical, as he expressed during a television/radio appearance Wednesday morning: [...]
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Report: Phil Jackson Angling to Get Back With Lakers Through ‘Flirtations’ With Other Teams

Phil Jackson‘s name is coming up a lot lately. The former Bulls and Lakers coach was linked to management positions in Toronto and Seattle, and with all due respect to Jerry Sloan and Stan Van Gundy, Jackson remains the hottest ex-coach on the market. All these nibbles from lesser franchises may come with a bigger goal in mind. Despite Jackson saying on “The Tonight Show” that...
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Jeanie Buss Talks Back To Phil Jackson On Twitter

This is what a healthy relationship looks like, and why Jeanie Buss and Phil Jackson will be just fine, even if he's coaching in Timbuktu.  Phil has been getting a ton of flack in the media and by fans for the comments that were leaked in his book Eleven Rings, where he states that Michael Jordan is better than Kobe Bryant. He event felt the need to respond to it all, tweeting...
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TWO OF THE GREATS

Kobe responds to Phil's comparison

Kobe Bryant tweeted a response to Phil Jackson comparing him with Michael Jordan in his upcoming book. See what he said.

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BUNGLED SITUATION

Phil talks Lakers choosing D'Antoni

Phil Jackson talked about the Lakers choosing to hire Mike D'Antoni as head coach despite interviewing him for the job.

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Phil Jackson leans to Michael Jordan over Kobe Bryant

Looks like Phil Jackson won’t be back to coach the Los Angeles Lakers any time too soon. In his new memoir “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success” that will be out next Tuesday, Jackson finally compares Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant as players. Jackson clearly favors MJ over Kobe. Jackson has won 11 championship rings as a coach — six with the Chicago Bulls and five with the...
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Phil Jackson book: MJ more charismatic than Kobe

Perhaps Los Angeles would prefer not to be reminded of this detail, but before he was theirs, Phil Jackson belonged in the sense that any coach can belong, at least to Chicago. He was the Bulls coach of the storied 1990s, winning six rings. He was Michael Jordans coach. Before Kobe Bryant. Before the next five championships. Before he became Jeanie Busss boyfriend and then fianc...
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6 days ago  |  Discuss
AIN'T NO BULL

Phil Jackson compares MJ, Kobe

In an upcoming memoir, legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson compares the games of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Which player does the Zen Master favor?

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6 days ago  |  1 Comment

Phil Jackson just wants you to know how awesome he is

Legendary NBA head coach Phil Jackson won a lot of titles if you didn’t know. But just in case you forgot, he reminded all of us on Twitter last night: The best part of him posting all 13 of the rings he won as a player and coach, is that a fan asked him to show the two he won as player with the Knicks. Someone tell me why the Pistons aren’t offering their job to him and only...
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7 days ago  |  Discuss
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