<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> <font size=""4"">Lakers notes: Jackson fires his own shots</font> EL SEGUNDO - The Lakers' season is only 10 games old, but Kobe Bryant already has taken shots in the closing seconds of three of those games that have met with coach Phil Jackson's disapproval. And Jackson went so far as to take his complaints about Bryant's shot with 17 seconds left in Sunday's loss to the Chicago Bulls to Jay Leno's set during a Tuesday appearance on "The Tonight Show." "I think we see the game in very similar ways," Jackson said in response to a Leno question about earning back Bryant's trust. "First of all, we worked together for five years previously. And so he kind of understands the way we want to go. "But then there was a game on Sunday night. He took the ball and went to the hoop immediately. That's not how I saw it. So we had to talk that out." With the Lakers trailing 94-93, Bryant tried to force in a shot over Chicago's Mike Sweetney and Luol Deng. Jackson said Wednesday that he wanted to know from Bryant if he drove to the basket so quickly because he could sense a double-team coming. Had he waited longer, Bryant could have let the Lakers better set up their offense. He also could have wound up isolated against Deng one-on-one. "I just wanted to make sure that he understood what our concepts are in that situation," Jackson said. In the Lakers' opening-night victory against Denver, Bryant launched a fadeaway jumper at the end of regulation when Jackson wanted him to drive to the basket instead. Bryant also missed a 3-pointer with 5.9 seconds left in the Lakers' loss to Philadelphia on Nov. 11. Jackson had been hoping Bryant would drive, forcing the Sixers defense to collapse on him, and find guard Smush Parker for an open jumper. "The big key is about taking the highest percentage opportunities that come your way," Jackson said, "and that's what we're trying to get." </div> Full article Did anyone catch it or know where to find it on the internet? Anyone willing to put it up? I need to see this, badly!
Yeah I watched it, not knowing he was going to be on. It was alright. They talked about the dress code and his plan for the Lakers and of course he had to explain, AGAIN, about his statement from the book where he talks about Kobe being uncoachable, what I didn't know is that he meant only for one game he was uncoachable. But that's the main topics they talked about.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting YourNewChef:</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah I watched it, not knowing he was going to be on. It was alright. They talked about the dress code and his plan for the Lakers and of course he had to explain, AGAIN, about his statement from the book where he talks about Kobe being uncoachable, what I didn't know is that he meant only for one game he was uncoachable. But that's the main topics they talked about.</div> He must be so sick of that, explaining his words from his book over and over. I thought it was a rerun because I wouldn't expect Jackson to go on the Leno show during seasons. I guess I thought wrong
yeah it was this season, I kinda wondered about the same thing too regarding making appearances during the season. I guess it's because it was a home game the day after.
