Ok so after a week has passed since the Lakers fired Mike
Brown and hired Phil… oh you mean they didn’t hire back the guru of the
triangle offense and 11 time NBA champion Phil Jackson? No… Who did they
hire?.... Mike D’Antoni??? The guy that got fired from the superstar loaded New
York Knicks because he couldn’t seem to put it together. The same D’Antoni that
had Carmelo and Amare and couldn’t make it work well enough to become a true
contender in the east? Wow that surprises me… I for sure would have thought
that they would hire Phil Jackson I know most of the sports world was as surprised
as I when the announcement came down that it was Mike that got the job not
Phil. Heck I think even Phil thought he had the job and was getting ready to
and coach the Lakers and was dreaming of ways to utilize all the talent on that
roster.
Then
he got the phone call. “Phil we decided to go in a different direction!” Now I don’t
know if that was exactly what was said but I assume it went something like
that. Personally I would have never made that call I think Phil was the perfect
man for the job. It would be the same as almost every other star studded team
that he has coached. Phil Jackson was the biggest ego manager that I have ever
seen in my life. He made a team with Jordan, Pippin and Rodman work to win a
title. He took a team lead by Payton, Bryant, Malone and ONeal and they got
along well enough to get to the NBA Finals. But they lost…even with the zen master
they lost. But as much as Phil is 70 years old I still think he was a better candidate
than Mike D’Antoni. Now I am not here to put down D’Antoni he is a offensive
genius (at least according to Kobe Bryant) and the man did have a lot of success
the last time he was paired with Steve Nash and a good big man (Howard or Gasol
take your pick) he was winning 60 games a year at that point. So here is the
kicker…. Under the new Laker front office regime the thing that made Mike D’Amtoni
the better candidate than Phil Jackson for the job?....... He wasn't Phil
Jackson!
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