Jackson back in charge of the Lakers

[Aytumious]

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I'm pretty surprised he'd take over a team that has no prayer of making it past the first round of the playoffs for the next five years, but okay. Jeannie must have quite the pussy.

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I don't think the Lakers are as bad as you say. They could get lucky and have Felton fall to them in the draft and they should be able to add a servicable big man with the midlevel exemption.

Jackson will find a way to better utilize Odom, and Kobe should be a more efficient scorer under the more structured offense. I think Kobe will return to possible MVP player under Phil plus he will be one more year removed from his legal problems. Great move by the Lakers.

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He's coach. I wouldn't exactly say he is in charge.

[Bulldog]

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Could any other coach have coached the Bulls to six titles?

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Some would've gotten seven or eight.

[Aytumious]

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Could any other coach have coached the Bulls to six titles?

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Some would've gotten seven or eight.

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Come on now. Jackson is clearly one of the top 3 coaches of all time in the NBA. He gets his stars to play well on both ends of the court and he gets the most out of his bench players. If you can't play your best under Phil Jackson, you can't play your best under anyone.

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Jackson will find a way to better utilize Odom, and Kobe should be a more efficient scorer under the more structured offense. I think Kobe will return to possible MVP player under Phil plus he will be one more year removed from his legal problems. Great move by the Lakers.

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You're living in a dream world. Kobe was only great becaue Shaq made him great. For proof, look at Dwayne Wade. Had you ever heard of him before last year? Me neither.

Phil has always had great players, so I'm not convinced that he's gonna get much out of the yahoos currently on the Lakers squad. Furthermore, why would Kobe want to even talk to Jackson (much less be coached by him) after Phil slammed Kobe in his book?

[istewart]

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You're living in a dream world. Kobe was only great becaue Shaq made him great. For proof, look at Dwayne Wade. Had you ever heard of him before last year? Me neither.

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You didn't watch the 2004 playoffs then. So GTFO.

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You're living in a dream world. Kobe was only great becaue Shaq made him great. For proof, look at Dwayne Wade. Had you ever heard of him before last year? Me neither.




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You didn't watch the 2004 playoffs then. So GTFO.

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Wade was a middlin' talent at best before Shaq came along. Take Shaq away and the Heat don't make it past the second round -- just like the Lakers.

[MoreWineII]

You really think this lineup can compete in the West?

Chucky Atkins G 5-11 160 08/14/1974 South Florida '96

Tony Bobbitt* G 6-4 190 10/22/1979 Cincinnati '04 R

Tierre Brown* G 6-2 189 06/03/1979 McNeese State '01

Kobe Bryant G 6-6 220 08/23/1978 Lower Merion (PA) 8

Caron Butler F 6-7 217 03/13/1980 Connecticut '04 2

Brian Cook F 6-9 234 12/04/1980 Illinois '03 1

Vlade Divac C 7-1 260 02/03/1968 Serbia-Montenegro

Devean George G-F 6-8 240 08/29/1977 Augsburg '99 5

Brian Grant F 6-9 254 03/05/1972 Xavier (Ohio) '94

Jumaine Jones F 6-8 218 02/10/1979 Georgia '01 5

Slava Medvedenko F 6-10 250 04/04/1979 Ukraine 4

Chris Mihm C-F 7-0 265 07/16/1979 Texas '00 4

Lamar Odom* F 6-10 225 11/06/1979 Rhode Island '01 5

Jackson might coach 10 more victories outta that team next year, but barring a miracle they're still not going anywhere.

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Could any other coach have coached the Bulls to six titles?

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Some would've gotten seven or eight.

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Name them.

Nobody could have done a better job, or as good a job, with the Bulls than Phil did.

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I don't know if I should be happy or sad. Right now I'm just confussed, why exactly did he leave in the first place again? Was this all done to keep Kobe?