05/04/24
October 07, 2003
Good God.: Phil Jackson dropped a bomb in the Chicago Trib today. Apparently Phil has considered bringing in MJ to take Kobe's spot on the roster (should his trial conflict with the season). Any thoughts on this one?
posted by lilnemo to basketball at 01:59 PM - 9 comments
I heard Brazil is recalling Pele...
posted by StarFucker at 02:30 PM on October 07, 2003
Pele? Oh.
You mean Edson. Clever business that.
posted by lilnemo at 02:39 PM on October 07, 2003
Phil is an oppurtunist. MJ certainly isn't doing anything (though he has tried), and he obviously isn't ready to completely step away from the game. I'm wondering if this is a fluke to divert attention from Kobe, or Phil's opening gambit to bring MJ in. In either case its got people focusing on the Lakers more than anything else around them.
posted by lilnemo at 02:43 PM on October 07, 2003
When bombs are dropped elsewhere to obfuscate domestic troubles, lilnemo is there...
posted by smithers at 03:22 PM on October 07, 2003
Better me than Bush.
posted by lilnemo at 04:31 PM on October 07, 2003
Totally see this as a Phil-is-deflecting-attention-by-re-focusing-it. Now they ask about MJ and "Is Phil crazy?" and all that. Short term solution to help training camp. Or Phil is crazy.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:55 AM on October 08, 2003
Jordan won't join Lakers "It's a 100% no." That was a very short term solution.
posted by mbd1 at 09:10 AM on October 08, 2003
No one said Jordan would play along, Phil.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 01:55 PM on October 08, 2003
I found it curious he wouldn't ask Mike unless completely necessary, but airs the news in a published report during the pre-season. If the delay in asking him was to respect MJ's privacy and allow him to stay out of sight (or atleast on his own terms), then what is he trying to accomplish? A Distraction? Mission accomplished.