Phil Jackson on if Spurs or Lakers can eclipse 72 win record

[etbluffer]

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5842611

Lakers Head Coach, Phil Jackson, believes neither the Spurs or Lakers have a chance to beat the the Bulls record 72 win season. Below is one of the quotes from the story, above is the link to the story.

"The Spurs really haven't made a swing out to the West Coast, we'll see how that goes," he said. "We'll have to make a quick run to the middle of the country, and then on to the East Coast in the next month.
"And our records will start to even out as we go along."

[Darkwaters]

Ok....

I don't really give a fuck what he thinks. Nor am I concerned with eclipsing that record. Give the regular season trophies to the Mavs.

[rayray2k8]

He's half right and he would know about anyone making the 72 win record since he coached that team.
But.. For to say that with their cupcake schedule that they've had is a joke. The Spurs have earned their wins and if they win out by Sunday, they reserve the right to say that they have the best record.

[lefty]

I knew, I knew it was only a matter of time before someone asks him about the Spurs.



And it had to be ESPN

[polandprzem]

0 [zero] teams has a chance reaching 72 wins.

The league is too tough way tougher then the '96

[polandprzem]

btw. Jax is an aHO

[lefty]

0 [zero] The league is too tough way tougher then the '96
wut?

[Jason R]

It seems like I've been hearing talk about beating the 72 game record since about 06 when Detroit had that hot start under Flip Saunders. Every year now it gets brought up.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Phillip's right, per usual, par the course.

[Darkwaters]

He's half right and he would know about anyone making the 72 win record since he coached that team.
But.. For to say that with their cupcake schedule that they've had is a joke. The Spurs have earned their wins and if they win out by Sunday, they reserve the right to say that they have the best record.

Yea, because the Lakers have played a tough tough schedule themselves:

Houston (W)
@ Phoenix (W)
Golden State (W)
Memphis (W)
@ Sacramento (W)
Toronto (W)
Portland (W)
Minnesota (W)
@ Denver (L)
Phoenix (L)
@ Milwaukee (W)
@ Detroit (W)
@ Minnesota (W)
Golden State (W)

I don't see many elite teams there. In fact, I don't see many with a winning record at all.

[etbluffer]

The team who wins the most games this season, whether it be the Spurs, Lakers, Celtics or Hornets.. will win 65 games. This is going to be a long tough season. But early success like this for the Spurs tells me they are the best team in the NBA today. If they win the next three games, and sit at 15-1, they will no longer be under the radar. The only shame is the Lakers keep winning and so do the Hornets. I wouldn't mind a three game lead on other teams on Monday morning if the Spurs win out the rest of the week.

[polandprzem]

wut?

Napisalem ze zero zespolow ma szanse na wygranie 72 gier w sezonie.

Teraz liga jest bardziej wyrownana niz to mialo miejsce w 1996 roku

[mingus]

he's right.

the test for this Spurs team is how they do on the road against the elite teams. wins against Orlando at home don't mean anything--we beat Orlando by 20 at home last year. we won on the road against the Suns, OKC, and Utah. those are good teams, but none of them are elite. we'll get to see the quality of this Spurs team on how they do on the road against the likes of Denver, Dallas (Dallas more so because they tend to bring their A game against SA, not because i think they're better than a team like OKC), LA, and NO, who i consider to be the top teams in the West.

[Harry Callahan]

SA never won even close to 72 with even better squads and weaker competition. If figures a nimrod from BSPN would even ask such a stupid question. BTW, the Spurs have been out to the west coast (Clippers), who just beat NO.

Pop would never in a million years coach this team to maximize its RS win total. He's trying to win in the playoffs.

The quick start will likely allow the Spurs to be a playoff team, given reasonably good health. The team will have to improve late in the year to be a force in the POs.

I won't miss phillip when he leaves after this year. As great a coach as he is, he is still an A-hole to the highest degree.

[lefty]

Napisalem ze zero zespolow ma szanse na wygranie 72 gier w sezonie.

Teraz liga jest bardziej wyrownana niz to mialo miejsce w 1996 roku
Ah, ok

It makes sense now

[etbluffer]

Sorry Guys,
tried to post the results of that Bulls team.. Anyway, my point is the Bulls had two monster streaks that season.. they had a 13 game winning streak.. then an 18 game winning streak and only lost back to back games once that season...

[jestersmash]

I don't see how any spurs fan can interpret what Phil said as offensive. He simply stated the obvious.

You don't have to like the guy, but he didn't say anything egregiously offensive or over-the-line.

The Lakers strength of schedule is irrelevant to what Phil said, and yet I see people bringing this up as though it constitutes a counter-argument.

Phil said neither teams have a chance, that teams in the East have a time-zone advantage, and that both the Spurs and Lakers records will even out with time.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I don't see how any spurs fan can interpret what Phil said as offensive. He simply stated the obvious.

You don't have to like the guy, but he didn't say anything egregiously offensive or over-the-line.

The Lakers strength of schedule is irrelevant to what Phil said, and yet I see people bringing this up as though it constitutes a counter-argument.

Phil said neither teams have a chance, that teams in the East have a time-zone advantage, and that both the Spurs and Lakers records will even out with time.

:tu

[etbluffer]

Wouldn't it be nice, if much like the home run race MLB had years ago, the NBA would have a record wins race between the Lakers and the Spurs? Can you imagine if both teams were on pace during the last ten games of the season? That would be unbelievable basketball... As unlikely as that is...

[Obstructed_View]

Not a chance for the Spurs. Pop simply doesn't care about it that much. The only way the Spurs could ever do that is if they just had so much overwhelming talent that they were beating teams with scrubs.

The Lakers have no chance, and Jackson knows that. There's only one reason the Bulls did it, and he's not playing anymore.

[etbluffer]

I don't see how any spurs fan can interpret what Phil said as offensive. He simply stated the obvious.

You don't have to like the guy, but he didn't say anything egregiously offensive or over-the-line.

The Lakers strength of schedule is irrelevant to what Phil said, and yet I see people bringing this up as though it constitutes a counter-argument.

Phil said neither teams have a chance, that teams in the East have a time-zone advantage, and that both the Spurs and Lakers records will even out with time.


Also, I agree with this statement. A great coach, who has the right to talk about that record, was just mentioning the obvious.

[G-Nob]

:cop

Move along......nothing to see here......

[Solid D]

Phillip's right, per usual, par the course.

Philip

[DeadlyDynasty]

Philip

burn

[Agloco]

Yea, because the Lakers have played a tough tough schedule themselves:

Houston (W)
@ Phoenix (W)
Golden State (W)
Memphis (W)
@ Sacramento (W)
Toronto (W)
Portland (W)
Minnesota (W)
@ Denver (L)
Phoenix (L)
@ Milwaukee (W)
@ Detroit (W)
@ Minnesota (W)
Golden State (W)

I don't see many elite teams there. In fact, I don't see many with a winning record at all.

Yeap....as of today its only Portland and Denver at 8-6. :lol

[urunobili]

Yea, because the Lakers have played a tough tough schedule themselves:

Houston (W)
@ Phoenix (W)
Golden State (W)
Memphis (W)
@ Sacramento (W)
Toronto (W)
Portland (W)
Minnesota (W)
@ Denver (L)
Phoenix (L)
@ Milwaukee (W)
@ Detroit (W)
@ Minnesota (W)
Golden State (W)

I don't see many elite teams there. In fact, I don't see many with a winning record at all.

SEVERE ownage :tu

[Russ]

I would like to say no one cares what Jacko says, but check my sig . . .

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

I don't give a fuck what he says. But seriously, I doubt any team can win 72 games. The league is just too competitive.

[tdunk21]

phil jackson said it right but i dont give a shit what he says....he is overrated...i mean who wouldnt win titles with kobe and jordan on the team.....

[Cry Havoc]

If the Spurs had 65 wins with 15 games left in the season, Pop would probably play our starters 10 minutes or fewer per game. The Spurs have no chance of getting to 72, because not only does Pop not care about the record, he actively doesn't want to pursue it.

Rest >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regular season ecstasy.

[Cessation]

the perfect scenario is spurs getting #1 seed and lakers and mavs facing of before they play the spurs

[ElNono]

Phil is right, as usual.
Both teams had fairly light schedules, and they're not such a dominating force over the rest of the league. They might be a step above, but they've both had tight games and they still need to face other tough teams out there.

[iminol]

Napisalem ze zero zespolow ma szanse na wygranie 72 gier w sezonie.

Teraz liga jest bardziej wyrownana niz to mialo miejsce w 1996 roku

Hah, pewnie już załapał o co chodzi, bo już nie ma więcej pytań. :blah

BTW, Lakers playing just only 12 back 2 backs. Brilliant.

[xmas1997]

Mr. Asterisk can kiss my ast!

[Spur_Fanatic]

PJAX is an ass, don't mind him.

[Vito Corleone]

Hah, pewnie już załapał o co chodzi, bo już nie ma więcej pytań. :blah

BTW, Lakers playing just only 12 back 2 backs. Brilliant.

Ok, I had to look it up but we have 15 back to backs left on our schedule. That actually pisses me off. BTW the Lakers have 11 left on the season.

[dbreiden83080]

WTF

Talking about 72 wins only 16 games into the year

Retarded...

[rmt]

I wouldn't want them to break the record - better to rest Manu and Tim for a bunch of games before the playoffs start. Duncan played so much better at the beginning of the playoffs after 5 days rest (and so poorly when the games were every other day). I wish Pop wouldn't play Duncan and Dice on back-to-back games in the RS. Give Splitter lots of run.

Besides, breaking the record would heap so much pressure on any team that achieved it.

[Fermixalot]

Napisalem ze zero zespolow ma szanse na wygranie 72 gier w sezonie.

Teraz liga jest bardziej wyrownana niz to mialo miejsce w 1996 roku

Owned. :rollin

[Texas_Ranger]

Napisalem ze zero zespolow ma szanse na wygranie 72 gier w sezonie.

Teraz liga jest bardziej wyrownana niz to mialo miejsce w 1996 roku

Fuck... I understood this.

My Polish must be good. Even though this was the first time I read something in Polish.

And yea, fuck Phil.

[sa_butta]

WTF

Talking about 72 wins only 16 games into the year

Retarded...
Why not the Heat were suppose to go 82-0??:lol

It really is early to start all this kind of talk though..

[Creation88]

Ok....

I don't really give a fuck what he thinks. Nor am I concerned with eclipsing that record. Give the regular season trophies to the Mavs.

/thread

[smrattler]

Logic seems solid.

But who cares?

[Hemotivo]

i mean who wouldnt win titles with kobe and jordan on the team.....

*
Shaq
Gasol
& maybe Pippen

[FromWayDowntown]

who wouldnt win titles with kobe and jordan on the team.....

Kurt Rambis and Doug Collins.

[timtonymanu]

Meh it's not like the Spurs care about the regular season anyway.

What's good is that they look better this year than the last 3 Spurs teams.

[gospursgojas]

PJ does this shit on purpose with everybody. (See Miami comments last week) He does it to rattle teams and PhilSuckers call it "the Zenmaster at work", when its really just him talking shit.

He's been doing it for years and Spurs have never let it get to them yet he still tries.

[Obstructed_View]

PJ does this shit on purpose with everybody. (See Miami comments last week) He does it to rattle teams and PhilSuckers call it "the Zenmaster at work", when its really just him talking shit.

He's been doing it for years and Spurs have never let it get to them yet he still tries.

:lol Clearly "The Zenmaster" failed the whole "Life of humility" lesson.

[greyforest]

dont lakers have more home games than any other teams too

[gospursgojas]

dont lakers have more home games than any other teams too

Well if you count the 4 games against the Clippers then yes, but every team plays the same amount of home games.

[greyforest]

If the Spurs had 65 wins with 15 games left in the season, Pop would probably play our starters 10 minutes or fewer per game. The Spurs have no chance of getting to 72, because not only does Pop not care about the record, he actively doesn't want to pursue it.

Rest >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regular season ecstasy.

true point, if long as the 1st place seed is a lock it'll be benchola

[TDMVPDPOY]

remember when the mavs were nearly got there, we all know what happen to them

[maddnezz]

http://lolsnaps.com/upload_images/real/877.jpg

[bigfan]

Who gives a crap what Jackson thinks? Id have alot more respect for the guy if he coached a team without MJ, Kobe, Shaq ect... Lets see him coach the Hornets or the Bobcats and see how that triangle works.