Lakers: If Phil Jackson is the GOAT Coach....

[ezau]

Why does his coaching tree suck so bad? Was he just a beneficiary of having four top-20 all-time players to play for him?

[BatManu20]

He's only considered the GOAT by casual NBA fans tbh. Most NBA analysts leave it up for discussion. Great coaching = doing more with less. He's still all-time with 11 rings, but not the GOAT imo. Always had the best player(s). He was a great ego-manager though.

[ezau]

Kinda makes me think if he would have been as successful if he just coached the early 2000s Kings or the late 90s Bulls, tbh. I think he would have been exposed in today's NBA rules. He decided to quit overall in 2011 because he knows the Triangle Offense will be useless.

[scanry]

Why does his coaching tree suck so bad? Was he just a beneficiary of having four top-20 all-time players to play for him?

In before CN brings up Pau as the fourth.

[Mikeanaro]

Maybe, but that knicks team was created to suck hard, hard to blame Fisher.

[whitemamba]

In before CN brings up Pau as the fourth.

[Clipper Nation]

In before CN brings up Pau as the fourth.

First-ballot, tbh.

[Infinite_limit]

Who is in his coaching tree?

[Splits]

[Thebesteva]

He's only considered the GOAT by casual NBA fans tbh. Most NBA analysts leave it up for discussion. Great coaching = doing more with less. He's still all-time with 11 rings, but not the GOAT imo. Always had the best player(s). He was a great ego-manager though.

Spurs fans definition of GOAT: Basically anything that makes Pop and Duncan #1. Of course if the show was on the other foot, you guys would be proclaiming Kirby is GOAT for repeating

all fan bases are the same . I've had the same exact debate with a Celtics fan about Bird>Kobe and Red>PJ

[Clipper Nation]

Thinking Bird vs. Kirby is a "debate"

Bird made DK his on the regular, imagine what he'd do to Kirbs

[Thebesteva]

Thinking Bird vs. Kirby is a "debate"

Bird made DK his on the regular, imagine what he'd do to Kirbs

Kobe made Lebron his too in 2009, so what? MJ was a kid, Lebron was a kid, MJ owned them all at the end. You still don't get what bball is about...its about these guys competing for greatness so kids buy their shoes when they're long gone.

I don't see anyone lining up for the new Birds tbh

[ezau]

Kobe made Lebron his too in 2009, so what? MJ was a kid, Lebron was a kid, MJ owned them all at the end. You still don't get what bball is about...its about these guys competing for greatness so kids buy their shoes when they're long gone.

I don't see anyone lining up for the new Birds tbh

The Kobe-led Lakers had a losing record against the Lebron-led Heat team.

[Clipper Nation]

Kobe made Lebron his too in 2009, so what?

LeBron made Kirby his in 1984.

I don't see anyone lining up for the new Birds tbh

The NBA would still be broadcast on tape delay in the middle of the night if not for Bird and Magic

[DMC]

LeBron made Kirby his in 1984.


The NBA would still be broadcast on tape delay in the middle of the night if not for Bird and Magic

1984? Is that when Lebron was born?