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What teams would Phil Jackson have won the Championship with?

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by PhiSlammaJamma, May 12, 2003.

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What teams would Phil Jackson have led to the Championship

  1. Barkley led Suns

    12 vote(s)
    27.9%
  2. Drexler led Trail Blazers

    12 vote(s)
    27.9%
  3. Stockton and MAlone Jazz

    12 vote(s)
    27.9%
  4. Shawn Kemp Supersonics

    6 vote(s)
    14.0%
  5. none of the above

    19 vote(s)
    44.2%
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  1. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Here's the question. Do you think Phil Jackson is the type of leader that could have led these perennial second place teams to the championship...Is that Phil Jackson's expertise. Is he a great leader? And a poor manager? Makes you wonder if Rudy T is the same kind of coach. A great leader. But a Poor Manager. Anyway, do you think he could have led any of these teams to the championship....
     
  2. red

    red Contributing Member

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    i doubt he could have made a difference in any of those teams. out of his 9 championships i think the assistant coach could have led some of those teams to championships. phil probably made a difference in 3 of those teams.
     
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    i believe phil could have led all of those teams to the championship. all of them.
     
  4. Woofer

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    Since Phil Jackson can win a game convalescing from surgery and Rudy can't, I'll give Phil the nod here for a couple of those teams. ..
     
  5. JuanValdez

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    Woofer, lol.

    Interesting question. I don't think he could do a better job than Karl did with the Sonics, nor could he possibly do better than Sloan in Utah. I don't know enough about the Blazers. Perhaps he could have led the Suns to victory.
     
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    dc rock Contributing Member

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    I would probably say Clyde Drexler's Blazers and Charles Barkley's Suns. I would probably also add Patrick and the Knicks at some point during the 90's (instead of the bulls, and not beating the Rockets).
     
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    Why are so few people voting for Shawn Kemp Supersonics? Come on George Karl's just a terrible coach. Phil Jackson's miles better than him and should definitely make Sonics a better team.

    BTW, who were the Suns coach and the Blazers coach at that time?

    I voted for every option except Malone's Jazz because I think Jerry Sloan's at least on a par with Phil Jackson as a coach so if Sloan couldn't get them any further neither would Jackson.
     
  8. kidrock8

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    At the time, the Sonics somewhat lacked a true superstar...

    At the time, Kemp and GP were 2nd-tier stars. The Sonics were good because of quantity (depth) more than quality imo.
     

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