CRAP..."do it for johnny!" tex winter suffers a stroke..
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:14 pm
this sucks...hope he will be ok,,,,
Lakers guru Winter has apparent stroke
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Tex Winter, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers consultant and architect of the triangle offense, has suffered an apparent stroke, coach Phil Jackson said Saturday.
Jackson, talking after a morning shootaround in Salt Lake City, said Winter was in Manhattan, Kan., for a reunion of Kansas State basketball team members when he became ill and fell in the shower.
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Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty ImagesTex Winter was taken to a Kansas hospital Saturday and had made slight progress, Phil Jackson said.
Winter was taken to a hospital, Jackson said, and had made slight progress Saturday.
"I've been in touch with the family and they feel relatively at ease with the situation, as difficult as it could have been," Jackson said. "I'm happy to say that, and they've basically said, 'Take your mind off of this and put it where it belongs right now.' "
The Lakers would not confirm or comment on Winter's condition, citing medical privacy laws.
But ESPN's Stephen A. Smith and 710 ESPN Radio's John Ireland have confirmed through sources that Winter suffered a stroke.
Winter, the longtime aide and mentor to Jackson, cut short his role with the Lakers in this season's training camp, saying the shingles that have plagued him the last few years have required heavier medication.
For years Winter has been immensely important to Jackson, but Winter said then that the medication had limited his usefulness.
Winter, who lives in Oregon, recently told the Los Angeles Times he thought it was unlikely he would return for his 10th season with the Lakers and 64th overall in basketball.
"I'm getting too old," he told the newspaper. "At one time I thought I would [return], but I'm not sure anymore. I would feel a whole lot better about it if I didn't have these shingles. It's really taken me downhill. The thing I don't want to become is too much of a distraction if my health doesn't hold up."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4099837
Lakers guru Winter has apparent stroke
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ESPN.com news services
Tex Winter, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers consultant and architect of the triangle offense, has suffered an apparent stroke, coach Phil Jackson said Saturday.
Jackson, talking after a morning shootaround in Salt Lake City, said Winter was in Manhattan, Kan., for a reunion of Kansas State basketball team members when he became ill and fell in the shower.
[+] EnlargeTex Winter
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty ImagesTex Winter was taken to a Kansas hospital Saturday and had made slight progress, Phil Jackson said.
Winter was taken to a hospital, Jackson said, and had made slight progress Saturday.
"I've been in touch with the family and they feel relatively at ease with the situation, as difficult as it could have been," Jackson said. "I'm happy to say that, and they've basically said, 'Take your mind off of this and put it where it belongs right now.' "
The Lakers would not confirm or comment on Winter's condition, citing medical privacy laws.
But ESPN's Stephen A. Smith and 710 ESPN Radio's John Ireland have confirmed through sources that Winter suffered a stroke.
Winter, the longtime aide and mentor to Jackson, cut short his role with the Lakers in this season's training camp, saying the shingles that have plagued him the last few years have required heavier medication.
For years Winter has been immensely important to Jackson, but Winter said then that the medication had limited his usefulness.
Winter, who lives in Oregon, recently told the Los Angeles Times he thought it was unlikely he would return for his 10th season with the Lakers and 64th overall in basketball.
"I'm getting too old," he told the newspaper. "At one time I thought I would [return], but I'm not sure anymore. I would feel a whole lot better about it if I didn't have these shingles. It's really taken me downhill. The thing I don't want to become is too much of a distraction if my health doesn't hold up."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4099837
