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Article: Jackson, Kobe together again
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2005
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LOS ANGELES -- Phil Jackson is back with the Los Angeles Lakers
following a breakup that took a year to mend and back to coaching
Kobe Bryant -- a player he once called "uncoachable."
"This is something I never thought could possibly happen," Jackson
said Tuesday at a Staples Center news conference. "It's a pleasure to
come back."
Jackson, who won three championships with the Lakers in five
years, was let go last June 18 by owner Jerry Buss -- three days
after the team lost to Detroit in the NBA Finals.
The buzz about Jackson's possible return began almost immediately
after his replacement, Rudy Tomjanovich, left in February, despite
Jackson's book detailing the 2003-04 season in which he ...