Horry contributed significantly the outcome of most of his championships. He wasn't the best player of any of this teams but those teams probably wouldn't won 7 championships without him, perhaps 3 or 4.
He wouldn't break the record for playoffs games played, if he wasn't good enough to play for that teams. Horry also holds the record for most 3's in the finals.
Horry was drafted by the Rockets, he was traded later. He threw a towel at the Suns coach and he ended being traded to the Lakers. It's normal for contending teams to sign role players with championship experience. The only time in his career he picked to play for a team was when he signed as FA with the Spurs, but actually he wanted to be a Laker, however they didn't call him.
Phil Jax has won championships with 3 completely different teams (MJ/Pippen Bulls, Shaq/Kobe Lakers and Kobe/Gasol Lakers). 3 three-peats and 1 back-to-back, show how dominante were those teams. And it's clear Phil was a big reason for that success.
When Phil joined the Bulls the Bad Boys Pistons dominated the Bulls. He picked the Lakers in 99, the team with the best talent in the league, however Shaq and Kobe Lakers were unsuccessful. After one season with them they won the championship, and another two times after that. He wanted to continue with the Lakers, but Kobe shipped him out. When Phil returned, the Lakers were not a contender team, however after some seasons they rapidly became NBA top in talent with trades, good draft picks and FA signings.
Phil Jax got very clearly out-coached when underdog teams upset the Lakers, like in '03 vs Pop (Phil mostly dominated, with superior talent though), '04 vs Brown (that humiliation is probably on Kobe, Phil later called him "uncoachable" in a book), '08 vs Doc Rivers (however Phil restored his prestige in '10 with a solid defense) and recently '11 vs Carlisle.
However, he still won more championships than those coaches and in very dominant fashion. His 11 championships as head coach will be very hard to break record and the count it's not over. 11 is much more than what MJ (6), Pippen (6), Shaq (4), Kobe (5) or Gasol (2) have.
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Indeed son
Maybe in 2011 Lol.
Sorry, I'm in LA right now, haven't kept up. What's up with Phil?
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