Phil Jackson: Spurs & Brokeback Mountain?

[kris]

Dana Jacobson and the guy with buck teeth need to do a big interview and make sure this comment gets blown up. I mean PJ really did make a reference to sexuals there. Better interview John Amaechi and Tim Hardaway to get their thoughts on this one.


EDIT: throw in mike gundy for good measure

[milkyway21]

The NBA is right to reprimand Jackson. that remark he made was in poor taste.


HOUSTON - Coach Phil Jackson said he deserved the reprimand he got from the NBA on Wednesday for making a sexual reference in a comment following the Los Angeles Lakers' loss in San Antonio.

The Spurs made 13 3-pointers in their 107-92 victory on Tuesday, and Jackson was asked if too much penetration was leading to open outside shooters.

''We call this a 'Brokeback Mountain' game, because there's so much penetration and kickouts,'' Jackson said. ''It was one of those games.''

The 2005 film, which won three Oscars, depicts two cowboys who conceal their sexual affair.

''But in retrospect, it wasn't really funny,'' Jackson said on Wednesday. ''When you take it out of context, it wasn't funny. It was a poor attempt at humor and I deserved to be reprimanded by the NBA.''

Still, Jackson couldn't resist making another joke as he apologized.

''If I've offended any horses, Texans, cowboys or gays, I apologize,'' Jackson said.

Jackson thanked beat writers and other journalists who covered Tuesday's game for dismissing the comment as an innocent joke. He said several of them laughed when he said it.

The NBA did not.

[phyzik]

I thought it was pretty funny.

[dougp]

It was pretty funny ... maybe if we lost, we'd be saying something different. But still, that's damn funny.

[Fillmoe]

phil just on the spurs... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sa_kid20]

... and "I'm sorry if I offended any Texans, cowboys or horses".

I thought that was pretty funny and it also made it seem like he was still taking the whole thing as a joke

[The Truth #6]

The penetration part was possibly humorous but the kick outs doesn't seem to relate to anything. In the end, not really a great joke, and not worth getting offended over.

[Que Gee]

If anything, seems like Phil was knocking his own team rather than the spurs. I guess he ruffled some feathers with his brokeback reference.

He was, but some people are so obsessive about the Spurs on this board, that Phil and the rest of the world revolve around Spurs.

[Kamnik]

He had to apologize for that?

jeeeeeeez...

every kid can have a gun and on the other hand people have to apologize for innocent jokes that dont offend anyone directly

[anakha]

He had to apologize for that?

jeeeeeeez...

every kid can have a gun and on the other hand people have to apologize for innocent jokes that dont offend anyone directly

After the Tim Hardaway brouhaha, was anyone really surprised by the NBA's overreaction here?

[urunobili]

If anything, seems like Phil was knocking his own team rather than the spurs. I guess he ruffled some feathers with his brokeback reference.

he sure did... guess who was the bottom?

[wildbill2u]

Is Jackson saying his team got browned...er...powned in that game?

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I don't see the problem here.

All Phil was saying is that the Spurs tend to fvck his teams in the a$$.

Sounds like a reasonable statement to me...the Spurs do after all.

[LakeShow]

If anyone should be upset, it should be the Lakers!

[Walter Craparita]

It was funny. All he said was that the Lakers got pwnt that night.

Americans need to quit being babies and end all the PC.

[dbestpro]

phil just on the spurs... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go back to your mountain.