Every 4 Years, Phil Jackson is in the finals

JordansBulls · Post #1 » by **JordansBulls** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:59 am

Someone mentioned this a while back.

That every 4 Years, Phil Jackson is in the finals

1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and now 2008, basically every time their has been a summer olympics.

Black Sheep · Post #2 » by **Black Sheep** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:00 am

so that means the lakers will be in the finals UNTIL 2012 with this young team

nyu3 · Post #3 » by **nyu3** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:01 am

Let us meditate on this profound discovery.

magicfan4life05 · Post #4 » by **magicfan4life05** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:02 am

He was in the finals 4/5 years the first time in LA, and in the second go around he's 1/3 in the Finals.

So basically with the lakers 5/8 he's gotten them to the Finals.

That is ridiculous, he is a legend.

But the real accomplishment is still 4 wins away for him to break the all time record.

Phil Jackson · Post #5 » by **Phil Jackson** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:03 am

Phil Jackson is The Greatest Coach of All Time.

TradeMachine · Post #6 » by **TradeMachine** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:04 am

He's never won anything without the top player on his team.

NetsForce · Post #7 » by **NetsForce** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:04 am

Phil Jackson wrote:Phil Jackson is The Greatest.

Fixed.

mr_sunshine · Post #8 » by **mr_sunshine** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:07 am

Phil Jackson wrote:Phil Jackson Coaches the Greatest Players of All Time.

Fixed. He's not the best. :nonono:

Texas Longhorns · Post #9 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:08 am

Red Auerbach and Phil Jackson are tied for the best. If Phil wins a title this year though, then he takes the top spot in my books.

FatSam · Post #10 » by **FatSam** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:13 am

TradeMachine wrote:He's never won anything without the top player on his team.

Who has?

TradeMachine · Post #11 » by **TradeMachine** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:15 am

Considering the recent history: I'm fairly certain Detroit had no top 5 player on their team.

Post #12 » by **Flash3** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:16 am

TradeMachine wrote:He's never won anything without the top player on his team.

you don't win w/o great players; what's your point?

RJM · Post #13 » by **RJM** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:17 am

nyu3 wrote:Let us meditate on this profound discovery.

Phil Jackson · Post #14 » by **Phil Jackson** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:18 am

mr_sunshine wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Fixed. He's not the best.

This guy didn't fix anything except his spot on the trying hard team.

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #15 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:18 am

FatSam wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Who has?

Red Auerbach only had 7 Hall of Famers on his first championship team.

magicfan4life05 · Post #16 » by **magicfan4life05** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:19 am

thats it?

JordansBulls · Post #17 » by **JordansBulls** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:20 am

To add more to the thread, here is what someone else mentioned regarding the Lakers.

Check your history Lakers Fans since 1980 there has been a leap year trend.

Either the Lakers or Phil Jackson has been in every leap year Finals since 1980.

Lakers: 80',84',88',00',04',08
Phil: 92',96',00',04',08'

KobeFan · Post #18 » by **KobeFan** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:20 am

I think it's the coaches job to make his players great.

Phil Jackson has done that a number of times, with a number of different players, over a 20 year span.

Phil Jackson isn't just the best coach in the NBA, you would have a hard time convincing me of a coach more influential in any of the three major sports.

DraftBoy10 · Post #19 » by **DraftBoy10** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:23 am

No team has won a championship without a top player besides Detroit. So Phil doing that is not an excuse to undermine him. He can take top talent and properly utilize it.

mr_sunshine · Post #20 » by **mr_sunshine** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:24 am

Buckeye-NBAFan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Red Auerbach only had 7 Hall of Famers on his first championship team.

Because there were definitely a lot of teams back then, right? Totally like 30 teams with 14-16 players each. I'm pretty sure quite a few teams had several hall of famers back then, given the size of the league. The talent base was not nearly as eroded, plus the standards of reaching the HOF were lower.