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Anonymous

Years ago

Phil Jackson leaves Auerbach in the past

Phil is certainly one of the greatest coaches of all time. Yes, the triangle offence wasn't his, but the way he developed and got Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in Chicago and Shaq and Kobe to accept it defines him.

Michael, Kobe and Shaq and to a lesser extent Pippen did often go against it during games, but it remained the centre piece of their offensive plays and it is an offence that many have since tried to copy.

You also need to remember that many, many average players enjoyed their greatest individual success while playing for Phil.

Just to name a few - Bill Wennington, Luc Longley, Randy Brown, Craig Hodges, BJ Armstrong, Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler, Scott Williams, Tyronn Lue, Brian Cook, Devean George, Samaki Walker, Mark Madsen, Kareen Rush and Trevor Ariza did litle either before or after hooking onto teams coached by Jackson.

It certainly takes a unique individual to get the most out of the superstars of the game, but it is just as difficult to get role players to rise to another level.

The confidence he installed in his lesser players and the productivity he got out of them is one of his greatest achievements.

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Dale

Years ago

Also, any fans of lol motivation poster emails may like this.

http://thatnbalotterypick.blogspot.com/2009/06/lol-nba-finals-lakers-win.html

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Dale

Years ago

Good article on Phil here with interview straight after the game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=broussard_chris&page=philjax-090615

Pretty humble guy really.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Chuck Daley kept Rodman in line. Granted, that was pre-cross dressing...

...or we may have a chicken and egg situation here.

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Dale

Years ago

Interesting stats from yesterday. Phil has won and coached the most NBA Finals games.
He has won 51 playoff series, less than 20 coaches have won 50 playoff games or more.

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