Blacknbengal
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Back-stabbing West definitely no genius
With all the hullabaloo involved in the Lakers' trading Shaq and re-signing Kobe, Phil Jackson seems to be the forgotten man. Even worse, after winning three championships during his five years in Los Angeles (and six in Chicago), the local L.A. press has taken to denigrating Jackson's accomplishments.
After all, the argument goes, Jackson was a passive coach who merely rode the talents of such great players as Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Shaq and Kobe (no matter that both MJ and Shaq had been ringless in their six NBA seasons before benefiting from PJ's counsel). One L.A. media muppet even branded Jackson's tenure there as "a failed experiment," and he's also been dismissed as the "Zen Hen."
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With all the hullabaloo involved in the Lakers' trading Shaq and re-signing Kobe, Phil Jackson seems to be the forgotten man. Even worse, after winning three championships during his five years in Los Angeles (and six in Chicago), the local L.A. press has taken to denigrating Jackson's accomplishments.
After all, the argument goes, Jackson was a passive coach who merely rode the talents of such great players as Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Shaq and Kobe (no matter that both MJ and Shaq had been ringless in their six NBA seasons before benefiting from PJ's counsel). One L.A. media muppet even branded Jackson's tenure there as "a failed experiment," and he's also been dismissed as the "Zen Hen."
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