i love how the smack talking laker fans wont even address pjax fouling bowen off the ball. you could at least attempt to refute the claim guys.
Its the military man in Pop. Capitalize and exploit your enemy's weakness. This was a war and ultimately the victory is all that matters. Also, I think Manu is hurt more than they let on. He couldn't let this series go any further. Jackson just has a big mouth.
And so it begins...Pop and Phil are going to get another chance at their rivalry, and it should be fun to watch.
But about this:
1) Phil is lying to say he always fouled on the ball...hack a bowen was used when he didn't have the ball.
2) The hack a shaq strategy was effective, smart, ugly, and weak all at the same time. I think it weakens the Spurs over the long haul for a short term gain, that won't be available in the later rounds. The Spurs face a real risk of losing their ability to close out teams at the end of the first half if they hesitate for even a moment expecting to rely on hack a shaq.
3) Phil has had more time and been blessed with better teams than Pop to know what they would have done in the other's position. But I would think that they are both good enough to have nearly the exact same accomplishments in the other's shoes.
4) Phil would probably be the only coach I would take over Pop, because Pop is slow to react at times when his team needs to react, but you can't argue that Pop is the best damn systems approach guy in the league. Pop puts his team in the position to win every year, and leaves it up to the players to get them over the hump. His system and structure are what make this team so damn flawless, and you can't really argue with the results.
5) The Spurs are going to take the Lakers out next round without fail, and it's going to be fun to watch.
Phil doesn't care about the hack-a-Snaq
He is just trying to get in our heads.
1) i knew he would say something like this
2) he hates that we dismantled PHX in 5 when he was unable to, on 2 consecutive 1st rounds against them
3) he is starting the mental games just in case we meet in the WCF
Those 4 players only played together for a short time. Parker and Manu came on board some 5-6 yrs after Pop became coach.
What makes you think that the Spurs wouldn't have won without the strategy? Gimmie a break......
I have no respect for Phil and I can challenge anyone on this. And if you are going to challenge me now, you can go yourself first because I don't give a about what you might think about this dude so off already.
Phil respects one person and one person only, himself. He is an egomaniac and a jerk, nothing he says shocks me. He basically wants an asterisk on every le he has not won.
I was very happy to see Pop go with Hack a Shaq. It was a creative, bold risk that paid off with us winning the series - that's the bottom line.
When teams compete, they attack each other's weaknesses. FT shooting is part of the game - if a team can't compete with their FT shooting skills, then they'll have a diminished chance of winning. It's the same when teams can't compete with their FG shooting, rebounding, defense, or any other aspect of the game.
Shaq can't hit FTs and the Spurs punished him for it.
I've noticed that Kobe likes to punish teams who can't defend his drives, dunks, 3 pt shooting etc. He's just attacking the other team's weaknesses, just as the Spurs attacked Shaq's FT weakness in the last series. Hey Laker fanboys, should we implement rule changes to stop Kobe from attacking the opposition's defensive weaknesses?
It worked pretty good for us so Gayckson needs to shut the up.
Makes him the perfect LA coach.
I remember Hack-A-Bowen.... many times he didn't have the ball.
Gayckson???No really Gayckson?
I mean that doesn't really work. it just doesn't flow off the tongue like a good insult should.
I mean son would have at least a little more punch to it. But using gay as a derogatory term is just lame in general. Stick with Col Sander's until you can come up with something a little more creative.
Jackson also said our first championship didn't count because he wasn't coaching a team at the time.
Another mindgame by the Zen Master. I thought it didnt count because it wasnt a full 82 game season?It was one of those comments
Maybe it's already been said, but I don't recall Phil saying it wasn't good coaching. He said it surprised him that Pop did it. He said he didn't like it. He explained why, the instances and context with which he used similar and how the tactic affected the Suns, but I never heard him say it was bad coaching.
Maybe I missed it?
Phil lets the inmates run the asylum. There's no question he's a great coach, having developed the Triangle to best utilize Jordan in Chicago without making him just create shots the way Doug Collins had. All the credit goes to Phil for maximizing everything Chicago could be, and for getting two of the biggest egomaniacs in NBA history to play nice long enough for a three-peat.
That said, the only thing resembling the Phil of old is his obnoxious mouth. The reason he's not retired now is Wifey.
The inmates run the asylum because he's going through the motions. He's a coach who couldn't accomplish with the best player in the NBA until the GM traded garbage for an All-Star -- which was able to occur because that joke of a franchise in Memphis wants to move again and purposely put together the worst team it could.
I knew somebody was going to point that out.Gayckson???
I mean that doesn't really work. it just doesn't flow off the tongue like a good insult should.
I mean son would have at least a little more punch to it. But using gay as a derogatory term is just lame in general. Stick with Col Sander's until you can come up with something a little more creative.
I like to call Jackson that way 'cause I hate him and I like to mispronunce the word gay 'cause I found it funny (I'm not asking you to do the same). Anyway I agree that using the word gay as a derogatory term is lame but Phil's so stupid that he'd find it ofensive (I know he won't read this anyway but I don't care).
What do you think 'bout Suckson?
it was just a matter of time that er was going to open his big mouth all his trying to do is work the ref and the media because he knows how to do that, just like Shaq did after game one and all Phil is trying do is get the atmosphere ready because he knows that we are going to meet in the conference finals
All coaches need to have a superstar, around 1-2 sidekicks, and a good supporting cast to win in this league. No matter how great they are, they need that to win. Nothing wrong with that.
I don't disagree at all. The Lakers did have solid role players though, namely Lamar Odom and Luke Walton, but neither seemed to be used as anything but parsely, and not the potatoes to the Kobe steak '05-'07. My point bringing up the Gasol trade was that the Lakers are a very good team (obviously), but this season isn't an example of Phil Jackson: Master Coach. It's the same reason I feel Chris Paul is more worthy of MVP than Kobe:of course you're going to excel when you give up a lazy piece of garbage and get an All-Star in return.
Good times.
Keep 'em coming I was just laughing about how bad Gayckson was...So bad it was funny.
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