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Gather my children and you shall hear
Of the fourth quarter run of the guys in green gear
T’was on a summer’s eve in June of ‘08
In a game on TV that ended waaay too late
They tortured the Lakers and opened the door
To echo their victories from the days of yore

Yes, […]

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Phil Jackson has won nine NBA championships with the triangle offense. As Lakers fans know, Tex Winter, Jackson’s mentor and assistant coach, has developed what he calls the “sideline triangle” over six decades in coaching.
Winter has put together an immaculate system, complete with philosophy and principles, and an impressive set of skills and drills to […]

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He’s staring 30 in the face.
A dozen years ago, he could not WAIT to get to pro basketball.
Screw a bunch of college, he said. I want me some pro. Today, a man in full, he stands before a Laker nation for the most important game of his career. The last time he faced these circumstances […]

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It’s no secret that the Los Angeles Lakers face a mismatch at small forward in their battle with the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.
If you’re a Lakers fan, you’re also hoping to see them rebound better.
That’s why Lakers consultant Tex Winter has asked coach Phil Jackson to think about using the services of deep […]

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Phil Jackson and his Los Angeles Lakers are moving their way through yet another championship series, trying to win his tenth championship. They do so with relative love and happiness. Ten years ago, Jackson’s Chicago Bulls won their sixth championship despite a brutal internal conflict. I was able to put together an inside account of […]

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It was just 51 years ago that Red Auerbach opened the 1957 NBA Finals by punching St. Louis Hawks owner Ben Kerner in the mouth just before tip-off.
Auerbach, the late, great Celtics coach, once explained to me that he socked Kerner during a heated exchange over the height of the baskets in old Kiel Auditorium […]

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The Lakers first heard it during the 2000 playoffs.
The coach beat his tom-tom and chanted on home game days. The instrument had routine purpose in the lives of the Native Americans, and Phil Jackson was determined it would have the same for his Los Angeles Lakers.
“I guess the drum is basically for gathering in terms […]

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The Western Conference Finals will be full of familiar faces for the Lakers and Spurs when the series tips off Wednesday night. Many of them have been down this road before. Fish and Tony. Kobe and Duncan. Phil and Pop.
For that last duo, this will be their second time meeting in the conference finals. The […]

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Tex Winter has had high praise for Jordan Farmar this season, although the Lakers consultant like many other observers had noted Farmar’s performances had lost their sheen in January.
Then came the infamous nine-game, 15-day Lakers road trip, and Farmar started hitting big shots again and playing the role of a push guard off the bench.
“He […]

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Steve Kerr appears to be a man intrigued by contrasts.
As general manager of the Phoenix Suns, Kerr has a garage filled with Ferraris to which he’s just added a Mack truck of a Diesel, rumbling menacingly and belching dark smoke.
Add Tex Winter to the list of top basketball people scratching their heads […]

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