)"Under the circumstances, Phil Jackson, who's been there and done that and put a lot of money in everybody's pockets around here, the way it was done . . . it's mind-boggling," Shaw said Monday in an interview with The Times. "I was joking with him, at least you got a phone call, even though it was midnight.
I have a real problem with the way the Lakers front office handles their personnel. Odom, Fisher, B Shaw and Phil's Staff, Phil, I don't like what it represents to those outside of the organization. It's not exactly a big selling point. What's in it for them? Come in, have a lot of success, the second you are expendable you are gone without so much as a wrist watch.
