Pto hear if there were missing ingredients to the soap opera that is becoming the season of the Lakers, now a new protagonist has been added to the serial. Is about Phil Jacksonthe most successful coach in the history of the NBA and with whom Angelenos have won five of their last six rings.
The Montana coach, who has been retired from the bench since 2011 and from the world of the NBA since 2017 when he left his position as president of the Knickshas come to the rescue of the Angelina franchise and her partner, Jeannie Buss.
As they have published Sam Amick y Bill Oram de The AthleticJackson has been involved with the franchise as an outside consultant since the start of the season. Buss has consulted with the former coach of the Los Angeles team and the Chicago Bulls every move carried out by the team this course, as well as possible solutions to the poor results achieved by Frank Vogel’s team.
Buss has been in contact with Jackson since the team signed Russell Westbrook last summer. In fact, published information speaks of the figure of the base as the epicenter of the conversations between the ‘Zen Master’ and the owner of the Lakers.
The news could be a new point of friction between the board of the Los Angeles team and LeBron James, who in 2016 declared that he was “not a fan of Phil Jackson” after the coach criticized the Akron forward and his entourage.