I feel sorry for this guy in some ways, 19 years old and is getting it right in the ass. As for Jackson, I would take this as a personal attack on me. What right does Jabbar have override my coaching abilities? Its weird how Phil can keep his cool sometimes, thats shows some professionalism on his side, one of the few player coaches that actually interact with their players nowadays.
I have watched about 10 lakers games or so this year and I really thought Bynum started off with a bang. When Brown was out, he was getting great playing time and he was putting up good numbers. Now that he is out of the starting lineup, he doesn't seem to be as effective. Kwame has been playing pretty good so I dont question moving Bynum to a backup role, but I dont see much of a problem with his performance. He is only 19 years old after all..
I have never been a fan of coaches expressing their disappointment to the public, I think it's un-professional and should be done behind closed doors. He's only 19 years old, He's bound to have a bumpy start to his career.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Dec 5 2006, 08:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have never been a fan of coaches expressing their disappointment to the public, I think it's un-professional and should be done behind closed doors. He's only 19 years old, He's bound to have a bumpy start to his career.</div> Phil Jackson is playing mind games with Bynum. Phil also wanted to start Kwame...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Showtime32 @ Dec 5 2006, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Phil Jackson is playing mind games with Bynum. Phil also wanted to start Kwame...</div>Which is fine...Kwame is doing great this season and Bynum is doing well off the bench. Just look at last night's game against the Pacers. I just hope that they can stay consistant with that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Dec 6 2006, 12:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have never been a fan of coaches expressing their disappointment to the public, I think it's un-professional and should be done behind closed doors. He's only 19 years old, He's bound to have a bumpy start to his career.</div>Phil jackson wrote a whole book calling out the whole franchise. Aint nothing new.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Dec 5 2006, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Which is fine...Kwame is doing great this season and Bynum is doing well off the bench. Just look at last night's game against the Pacers. I just hope that they can stay consistant with that.</div> Kwame is playing great right now...I hope he can keep it up. His defense is underrated by a lot of people. His offense has improve so much from his days in Washington, he just needs to slow down and stop rushing his offense. Great game vs. Indiana. :drunk:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ Dec 5 2006, 12:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I feel sorry for this guy in some ways, 19 years old and is getting it right in the ass. As for Jackson, I would take this as a personal attack on me. What right does Jabbar have override my coaching abilities? Its weird how Phil can keep his cool sometimes, thats shows some professionalism on his side, one of the few player coaches that actually interact with their players nowadays.</div>I really don't think what Abdul-Jabar said was undermining the coach, or trying to override his coaching abilities. He said it was a misunderstanding, and he doesn't think we will be talking about this again. I think he was more saying that Bynum will be on time for practice, and will be in the right uniforms and the right time. That's what I drew from this quote.
As usual, whenever Phil Jackson says something it get blown all out of proportion. Phil is a master at getting his players mentally (even more so than physically) prepared. We have seen Phil do this throught his career as coach, pushing people buttons in the hopes that it will make that player rise to the occassion and perform at the level that he believes they can and should play. To be honest, this is what makes me like Phil as much as I do as a coach. I don't think there is a coach out there today that is better at getting 100% out of each of his players every night and not by being threatening or intimidating but by motivating. Phil plays mind games with his players and they play above their own expectations without even knowing it. Phil has never been one to bi*ch and moan publically about silly things like practice. Phil used to give Devean George hell all the time but if you read his book, he tells you that he felt George was a very talented player that could do a lot of different things but was not consistant enough. The funny thing is, he never criticized his play in front of his teammates or to the press. He always criticized other things about him, pushing him mentally. This Bynum incident is nothing more than another "I need you to step up and play" mind game. He only does this to players he sees something in - Jordan, Pippen, Shaq, Kobe, so he must really see something in Bynum.
