Phil Jackson

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Basketball player
Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson
Player information
Full name Philip Douglas Jackson
birthday 17th September 1945 (age 74)
place of birth Deer Lodge , Montana , United States
size 203 cm
position Power forward
college North Dakota
NBA draft 1967 , 17th Pick , New York Knicks
Clubs as active
1967-1978 United StatesUnited States New York Knicks
1978-1980 United StatesUnited States New Jersey Nets
Clubs as coaches
1978-1981 United StatesUnited States New Jersey Nets (assistant coach)
1982-1987 United StatesUnited States Albany Patroons
1984 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Piratas de Quebradillas
1984-1986 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Gallitos de Isabela
1987 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Piratas de Quebradillas
1987-1989 United StatesUnited States Chicago Bulls (assistant coach)
1989-1998 United StatesUnited States Chicago Bulls
1999-2004 United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Lakers
2005-2011 United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Lakers

Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge , Montana ) is a retired American basketball coach and player. Having won a total of eleven championships with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers , he is the most successful coach in NBA history .

Jackson is known for his ability to form a team from "difficult" players. He is the only coach in league history who was able to win more than 70 percent of his games, with a record of 1155-485. In April 2007, Jackson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

career

Player career

Jackson's playing career began in 1963 at the University of North Dakota . In 1967 he moved to the NBA; the New York Knicks had chosen him in the second draft round. The Knicks of the late sixties were riddled with stars like Walt Frazier , Willis Reed and Earl Monroe . The team was coached by Red Holzman , whom Jackson still considers the best coach of all time.

In 1968, at the end of his debut season, Jackson was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team . In 1970 and 1973 the Knicks won the championship, with Jackson as reserve player. In 1969/70, however, he was not used for the entire season due to a back injury. For the last two years of his career he played with the New Jersey Nets and also took on the position of assistant coach for the team.

Coaching career

In 1980 Jackson ended his playing career, but worked until 1981 as an assistant coach for the Nets. He then tried his hand at TV commentator and coach with the Albany Patroons , whose coach he was from 1982 to 1987. In 1987 he became an assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls , and two years later head coach.

Jackson was known for his textbook-like execution of the " triangle offense, " which made his teams unpredictable. He also managed to better integrate Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen , who were known for their big egos, into the team and to win the first championship in the club's history with the Bulls in 1991. 1992 and 1993 succeeded again, before Jordan resigned and demolished the series of titles.

Jackson as coach of the Chicago Bulls

After Jordan's comeback, the Bulls again won three championships in a row (1996-1998). Then Jackson received no new contract, whereupon Pippen and Dennis Rodman left the Bulls and Jordan resigned again. Jackson was voted one of the 10 best NBA coaches of all time by selected journalists in 1996 to mark the 50th anniversary of the NBA .

In 1999, Jackson became the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers . There he again had to deal with players who were known for their great egos - Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant . He managed to address internal team problems and he won the NBA championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In the following two years it was not enough for the title, and the Lakers parted ways with Jackson.

After a one-year break, Jackson returned to the Lakers dugout and tried to build on previous successes. This worked in 2009 when he won his tenth championship title, leaving the legendary coach Red Auerbach behind. A year later, the Los Angeles team won the championship again.

After the end of the 2010/11 NBA playoffs , Jackson announced his resignation as basketball coach on May 8, 2011, which he had announced at the beginning of the year. Although he won the NBA championship eleven times with his teams, he was only named Coach of the Year once .

In 2013, it became known that Jackson had prostate cancer and had taken time off. His successor at the Lakers was Mike Brown .

In March 2014, it was announced that Jackson would become the new team president - his first engagement as such - with the New York Knicks and receive $ 12 million a year. He was fired in June 2017 due to dissatisfaction in the team. So he had tried to transfer the two star players Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porziņģis .

See also

Works

Web links

Commons : Phil Jackson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Phil Jackson. Retrieved April 21, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ NN: NBA at 50: Top 10 Coaches in NBA History . On: NBA website; New York, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ (mad): Phil Jackson's bitter departure in LA On: Nachrichten.at website; Linz, May 10, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Phil Jackson had cancer during 2011 playoffs . On: Yahoo website; Sunnyvale, CA, April 28, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2017 (in English).
  5. ↑ Ramona Shelburne, Chris Broussard: Phil Jackson signs with Knicks . On: ESPN website; May 17, 2014. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ Thorben Rybarczik: NBA: The New York Knicks after Phil Jackson was fired . The Big Apple takes a deep breath. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Philip Douglas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Deer Lodge , Montana, USA