Dwight Howard is Apparently Being Mentored By the Zen Master
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Mejdy Jabr
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Via SLAM Online:
Logically, the Lakers potentially making another hire doesn't make sense, though.
Mike Brown is still collecting checks from the $11 million owed to him via his contract buyout. Accounting for that along with the $4 million per year owed to D'antoni through 2015, the Lakers coaching situation is already quite the financial burden. In his last season with LA, Phil Jackson made somewhere in the ballpark of $10 million. Would Los Angeles be willing to take on a coaching contract of that caliber?
Still though, the possibility of Phil Jackson returning to the sideline is certainly one worth monitoring, and while he may be interested, the Lakers might actually reject him twice.
Of course, that's assuming that he won't give the team and fiance Jeanie Buss a family discount.
Spin IT is not one to make assumptions and add fuel to the fire of a rumor, but with this news coming just two weeks after Jackson publicly criticized the way Dwight Howard has been used within D'antoni's system, it's certainly starting to seem as though the Zen Master is making a run at returning to the sideline with LA next season.He may gotten screwed out of coaching the Los Angeles Lakers this season, but Phil Jackson continues to exert his influence (and voice his considerable opinion). Dwight Howard told the media that the Zen Master sends him encouraging texts about his back injury, and that they help the limited center keep perspective. Per ESPN: “Here’s the quote from Dwight Howard today, talking about how he and Phil Jackson keep in touch … ‘I’ve had people really just help me out,’ Howard said. ‘Guys like Phil [Jackson], he texts me and he understands how it is to come off back surgery. He just said it takes a full year to recover, so you can’t beat yourself up over the things that have happened this year.’”
Logically, the Lakers potentially making another hire doesn't make sense, though.
Mike Brown is still collecting checks from the $11 million owed to him via his contract buyout. Accounting for that along with the $4 million per year owed to D'antoni through 2015, the Lakers coaching situation is already quite the financial burden. In his last season with LA, Phil Jackson made somewhere in the ballpark of $10 million. Would Los Angeles be willing to take on a coaching contract of that caliber?
Still though, the possibility of Phil Jackson returning to the sideline is certainly one worth monitoring, and while he may be interested, the Lakers might actually reject him twice.
Of course, that's assuming that he won't give the team and fiance Jeanie Buss a family discount.
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