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Originally posted by valrod33:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Phil Jackson, already playing the mind games.
that s**t is stupid already
He must love paying those fines to the league.
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Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Originally posted by valrod33:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Phil Jackson, already playing the mind games.
that s**t is stupid already
He must love paying those fines to the league.
I wonder how much he has paid over the years?
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Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Originally posted by valrod33:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Phil Jackson, already playing the mind games.
that s**t is stupid already
He must love paying those fines to the league.
10 rings. Every other coach should be taking notes.
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Originally posted by valrod33:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Originally posted by valrod33:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Phil Jackson, already playing the mind games.
that s**t is stupid already
He must love paying those fines to the league.
I wonder how much he has paid over the years?
Also, how does this make sense:
"Yeah, because you can't carry the ball like he does in practice," Jackson said
Really Phil? Are there refs that call carrying during practice sessions?
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Originally posted by StOnEy333:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Originally posted by valrod33:
Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Phil Jackson, already playing the mind games.
that s**t is stupid already
He must love paying those fines to the league.
10 rings. Every other coach should be taking notes.
Jordan. Pippen. Shaq. Kobe.
Every coach should be so lucky.
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It's amazing that a guy with 10 rings on his fingers is willing to sink so low. Maybe's you'd expect this from a guy that hasnt accomplished anything in his coaching career and is willing to do anything to beat an opponent (oh, I dont know.....maybe someone like Alvin GENTRY!), but Phil Jackson ?!
I hope they call Kobe for palming at least 2-3x times during game 1, just so Jackson feels stupid...
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Not sounding good for Bynum; his knee problem is getting worse.
Bynum plans to play despite knee
By Brian Kamenetzky
ESPNLosAngeles.com
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Lakers centerAndrew Bynum sat out practice this week to rest his injured right knee, but the time off didn't do him much good.
After participating in Saturday afternoon's practice, Bynum said the knee isn't cooperating.
"It's just worse. A little worse, but I'm still able to play through it so I'm going to keep pushing ahead," he said.
Bynum said he will receive treatment and play when the Lakers open the Western Conference finals Monday night at Staples Center against the Phoenix Suns.
Bynum suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee against the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 30th, but has continued to play through the pain. The injury, he said, became worse "probably in Game 3, Game 4" of the Lakers' second round series against the Utah Jazz. Bynum was effective in the first two games, averaging 12.5 points and 12 rebounds, but didn't score in Game 3 and had six in Game 4 as the Lakers swept Utah.
Overall, Bynum averaged 10.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in just under 25 minutes during the series.
Structurally, Bynum said the injury is no worse than before.
"[The problem is] keeping more swelling [out]. Not like the structure, but it's creating more swelling because I'm playing with an injured limb," he said. "It's just something that I'm just going to continue to treat, continue to try and pump the swelling out, milk it, and take it from there."
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said it was important to get Bynum on the floor ahead of Monday's Game 1.
"Andrew, he's running with some limitations but he still looks good," Jackson said. "It's still good to see him out there. We're just monitoring it. We wanted to get him some activity close to the game, but not make it too close, so there's some recovery time."
Bynum said he would "back off" during Sunday's practice. He isn't sure how effective he'll be defensively against Phoenix's high speed, pick-and-roll heavy offensive system. On the other end, Phoenix has struggled to defend bigger players inside. But if Bynum's mobility is hampered, the Lakers may not be able to exploit any matchup advantages. In four regular season games against the Suns, Bynum averaged nearly 18 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.
Kobe Bryant, himself receiving treatment for a wide variety of injuries including his knee and finger, also participated in practice for the first time this week.
"I feel fine," he said. "Feels good."
Rust isn't weighing heavily on Bryant's mind. Asked to pinpoint his biggest concern about a long layoff between games without playing much basketball, Bryant shrugged. "I don't have one. None at all."
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Nash's
back at Phil:
PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns have reacted with a collective smirk to Phil Jackson's suggestion that Steve Nash travels with the basketball.
Nash even had a subtle retort worthy of Jackson himself.
"It's news to me. I'm fortunate. I don't know if I've been called for a carry yet," he said after the Suns practiced Saturday, then he added straight-faced: "I've never heard anyone accuse me of carrying it. I mean, the best coach in the league Gregg Popovich [of San Antonio] didn't have a problem with it last week."
Get it? Popovich the best coach in the league?
"We have the best officials in the world," Nash continued. "I'll just leave it up to them."
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The funniest part about all that is Nash, Gentry,
AND Pop all know that Phil's the best.
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Originally posted by StOnEy333:
The funniest part about all that is Nash, Gentry, AND Pop all know that Phil's the best.
It's always easier when one has the best player of his era to coach and somehow, the coach with the most rings has had two, maybe three of them. No correlation...
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Originally posted by Joecool:
Originally posted by StOnEy333:
The funniest part about all that is Nash, Gentry, AND Pop all know that Phil's the best.
It's always easier when one has the best player of his era to coach and somehow, the coach with the most rings has had two, maybe three of them. No correlation...
If I had to guess, you just pointed to a bunch of words in the dictionary to create this post.