Hack A Shaq isn't good coaching - Phil Jackson

[T Park]

amazing how Bynum and Gasol can all of a sudden "guard" Tim Duncan.



Clueless and confused as always myopic and re .

[O-Factor]

amazing how Bynum and Gasol can all of a sudden "guard" Tim Duncan.



Clueless and confused as always myopic and re .

Yeah, he needs to.....

[DazedAndConfused]

amazing how Bynum and Gasol can all of a sudden "guard" Tim Duncan.



Clueless and confused as always myopic and re .

April 11th - Spurs vs Lakers

Tim Duncan - played 31 minutes, shot 6-19 from the field (31%), 16 pts
Pau Gasol - played 28 minutes, shot 7-15, 14 pts, 2 blocks (both against TD)

Pau guarded Duncan the entire time he was out there on the floor. He anticipated Duncan's moves well and even managed to block a few of them. He is just as cerebral a player as Duncan is and is not fooled by any of Duncan's post moves. He is also mobile enough to not be beat off the dribble by Duncan. In short, he actually does a better job defending Duncan than he does younger and more athletic/explosive players. I'm not going to get into Bynum defending Duncan since I don't have any relevant stats in front of me, but I see no reason why he wouldn't be able to guard Duncan. He's got the height, length, athleticism, and smarts to bother Duncan and given how he's fared against the top C's in the league this year I'm confident he'd do well against Duncan.

Don't worry I already know your response. It was the regular season and Duncan wasn't even trying.

[J.T.]

Don't worry I already know your response. It was the regular season and Duncan wasn't even trying.

Tim Duncan starts collecting game checks in late April.

[Jdspur20]

Kick their ass in the playoffs again?

Pop has only beaten Phil Jackson ONCE in the playoffs, and that was when the 3-peat Lakers were at their weakest in terms of a supporting cast. Phil Jackson, OTOH, has beaten Pop 3 times. If there is any ownage going on, it's Phil owning Pop.

I don't expect most Spurs fans to actually agree with what Phil is saying. But deep down I know you are all embarrassed that your coach and organization would have to stoop to such tactic for such a sustained period of time just to get a win.

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sure....thats it....were so embarrassed.....go find a nice laker form for yourself.

[Obstructed_View]

Legal yes. But tanking games for a draft pick.

Tanking games for the third worst record in the league to win the draft lottery has to be the greatest move in the history of sports, particularly for a team that isn't in a market that draws other teams' franchise players via free agency. I was in Orlando the week that Shaq left, and what LA did was far far worse.

[Fernando TD21]

"AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Lakers left the court in pieces. Karl Malone kept his head down, Shaquille O'Neal absently slapped a few high-fives and Kobe Bryant jogged in late, encased in his own thoughts."

^ Isn't good coaching.

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[DAF86]

On a side note, your flag says your from Argentina. What part are you from? I have a good friend of mine studying abroad in Buenos Aires.

I'm from Trelew, Chubut in Patagonia but I'm studying in La Plata, very close to BS As.

[21GoSpursGo9]

Phil Jackson is 3-1 against Pop in the playoffs.

Phil Jackson is 1-1 against Pop with the big 3 of Parker/Manu/Duncan.

Phil Jackson is 2-0 against Pop with either 1 or 2 of the big 3 prior to the 2002-2003 season.

Phil Jackson is 0-1 against Pop with Speedy Claxton on the team.



See there are so many ways to use the numbers game.

[cherylsteele]

1999 and 2003 - that's twice (maybe i'm wrong; can't remember clearly)

Phil was hired by the Lakers after the 1999 finals. Kurt Rambis was the Laker coach in the 1999 playoffs.

[Strike]

Well Shaq should learn to shoot free throws, or better yet, find a back up center, Suns. What is becoming annoying is to see Parker and Manu flop on every single goddam play. Its one thing to flop on offense and try to draw a charge. You atleast have to make it look real, but these two s flop while have the ball. I mean every single time. I cant wait to knock these s out of the playoffs.

Did you, or will you hear "happy 11th birthday" sometime this year?

[MissouriSpur]

Laker fans how the can you be proud of Kobe after all the he has done in his career? No smack from you La fans.

[Str8Ballin]

I would just like to say that the Hack-a-Shaq was a good idea. Getting the suns out of their rhythm was its real value.

[Str8Ballin]

Do you think Phil Jackson wears "Lakers" underwear?

[Kermit]

Do you think Phil Jackson wears "Lakers" underwear?

As long as they're made out of hemp.

[bus driver]

Who gives a if it's good coaching or not? Winning is all that matters.

And I know I'm repeating what many other have said for years, if Shaq or his coach don't want this tactic employed, teach the fat to hit a free throw.

amen

[FromWayDowntown]

1. It's interesting to me to see Phil Jackson's pervasive need to talk about/denigrate the Spurs -- are they on your mind, Phillip?

2. For all of the Lakers fans (Dazed & Confused) screaming about Pop's comments about the Gasol trade, not one acknowledges the fact that Pop's comment was entirely tongue-in-cheek. Of course, that wouldn't support your argument, so why not just go ahead and presume that Pop meant every word that he said -- particularly when I'd defy you to find any other comment from Pop's career in which he says any similar thing.

3. The idea that Pop and Phil have worked with equal talent during their championship runs is laughable. For all of the Lakers' fans pointing to Tony Parker as a superstar, I'd suspect that I could find an equal number of discussions in which Parker is excluded from the conversation as a All-Star or anything better than the 5th best point in the West. Is the 5th best player at any position really a superstar? The same is true of Ginobili. Suddenly, there's a need to claim talents are equal (that Parker or Ginobili now is the functional equivalent of 1st Team All-NBA Kobe between 01-04) and Parker and Ginobili are among the best players to ever play the game (despite neither ever having been All-NBA on any level). It's an interesting turn of rhetoric.

[degenerate_gambler]

1. It's interesting to me to see Phil Jackson's pervasive need to talk about/denigrate the Spurs -- are they on your mind, Phillip?

He's kept his piehole shut about SA for awhile...especially since LA hasn't had a quality team in some time.

"Simulator crew" smack can't be far off..

[wijayas]

Phil Jackson loves getting "under the skin" of the Spurs, like he did when he said there should be an asterisk next to the '99 ring (he was the first to imply this). I think he's just prepping himself for a WCF showdown with his (0-12 against the Spurs) Gasol-Lakers.

I think he will a grave mistake by ignoring Jazz/Rockets.

[1Parker1]

No one mentioned the other thing Phil said that surprised him about the series? He said how he was surprised that all of a sudden the league started calling Shaq on his lane violations (stepping over the foul line before the ball hit the rim), when he's been doing it forever. He basically said it in a way that implied the Spurs are little "tattle-tails"

Phil gets my props for being the most subtle digger in coaching. He can hit a team or player or coach with an insult and they wouldn't know it until 5 minutes later...

[DazedAndConfused]

1. It's interesting to me to see Phil Jackson's pervasive need to talk about/denigrate the Spurs -- are they on your mind, Phillip?

2. For all of the Lakers fans (Dazed & Confused) screaming about Pop's comments about the Gasol trade, not one acknowledges the fact that Pop's comment was entirely tongue-in-cheek. Of course, that wouldn't support your argument, so why not just go ahead and presume that Pop meant every word that he said -- particularly when I'd defy you to find any other comment from Pop's career in which he says any similar thing.

3. The idea that Pop and Phil have worked with equal talent during their championship runs is laughable. For all of the Lakers' fans pointing to Tony Parker as a superstar, I'd suspect that I could find an equal number of discussions in which Parker is excluded from the conversation as a All-Star or anything better than the 5th best point in the West. Is the 5th best player at any position really a superstar? The same is true of Ginobili. Suddenly, there's a need to claim talents are equal (that Parker or Ginobili now is the functional equivalent of 1st Team All-NBA Kobe between 01-04) and Parker and Ginobili are among the best players to ever play the game (despite neither ever having been All-NBA on any level). It's an interesting turn of rhetoric.

1. They asked him a question and he answered it truthfully. It's not like he volunteered this information freely. The Spurs are probably on his mind as much as the Lakers are on Pop's mind at this point.

2. Joking or not, we all know he meant exactly what he said. He was the 1st GM to openly criticize the trade in such an open manner. I don't care if he's never said things like this before, he's never used hack-a-shaq like this before either. There is a 1st time for everything.

3. Having Parker and Ginobli is as good as having just Kobe Bryant IMHO. And Duncan ~ Shaq, Duncan had better D at the time but Shaq was better on offense. So yes, Pop has had equal talent to work with.

[FromWayDowntown]

1. They asked him a question and he answered it truthfully. It's not like he volunteered this information freely. The Spurs are probably on his mind as much as the Lakers are on Pop's mind at this point.

2. Joking or not, we all know he meant exactly what he said. He was the 1st GM to openly criticize the trade in such an open manner. I don't care if he's never said things like this before, he's never used hack-a-shaq like this before either. There is a 1st time for everything.

3. Having Parker and Ginobli is as good as having just Kobe Bryant IMHO. And Duncan ~ Shaq, Duncan had better D at the time but Shaq was better on offense. So yes, Pop has had equal talent to work with.

1. You're a homer.

2. You're a homer.

3. You're a homer.

[DazedAndConfused]

Phil Jackson is 1-1 against Pop with the big 3 of Parker/Manu/Duncan.

Phil Jackson is 2-0 against Pop with either 1 or 2 of the big 3 prior to the 2002-2003 season.

Phil Jackson is 0-1 against Pop with Speedy Claxton on the team.



See there are so many ways to use the numbers game.

Phil is 3-1 against Pop, get your facts straight. Don't give a who was on the team at the time, he's beaten Pop 3 times and lost once.

[Ronaldo McDonald]

Phil Jackson is 3-1 against Pop in the playoffs. The only reason a series between LAL and SAS would be compe ive is because Bynum won't be there.

A healthy, integrated, gelled Laker team consisting of Bynum, Pau, Kobe, Odom, and Fish will beat anything the Spurs put on the floor until Kobe/Pau/Odom are out of their prime. If the Lakers can rise to the #1 spot in the WC with the lineup they have on the floor now, they will only be that much better than the rest of the league when they get their starting center and best perimeter defender back. Too talented, too deep, too well coached.

Pop knows this is his last shot at a ring with the Spurs. He wants to solidify his legacy and finally get the repeat that has so eluded him. Thus, it should be no surprise that he is pulling every rabbit out of the hat he can.

The, "we're better on paper, so we should win" argument has never been that effective when applied to the the Spurs.

They win because of their superior basketball intelligence. That can't be shown on paper.

[DazedAndConfused]

1. You're a homer.

2. You're a homer.

3. You're a homer.