"Phil Jackson: I'm going to take over the Lakers next season!"

With a snap, in the office of the Lakers general manager, Jerry West threw away a tabloid in his hand.

Mitch Kupchak picked up the tabloid with a wry smile and glanced at the report, which said that Phil Jackson was interviewed in Los Angeles and testified that he would be joining the Lakers next season, and the report ended with the signature ESPN Henry Abbot.

Clearly, Phil Jackson made a big mistake.

There are two mistakes, one is that Phil Jackson should not have taken the initiative to break the news that he was going to join the Lakers next season when the Lakers were all silent, but at the moment of the playoffs, the Lakers announced that they would change the coach next season, which is easy to cause instability in the army.

Second, it was an ESPN reporter who interviewed Phil Jackson, which is even more wrong.

The Lakers are blocking ESPN, although Phil Jackson is not yet the head coach of the Lakers, but as the head coach of the Lakers next season, Phil Jackson also needs to cooperate with the team to block ESPN and not give ESPN an interview.

And Phil Jackson has now given ESPN an interview and confirmed that he will indeed be in charge of the Lakers next season.

This had an impact on the Lakers' ban on ESPN, allowing ESPN to seize a loophole, get in, and get first-hand information about the Lakers.

ESPN began to hype up that Phil Jackson will join the Lakers, not only broadcast it on its own TV station throughout the day, but also published reports in major media newspapers and magazines, Phil Jackson's entry into the Lakers incident directly fermented, the playoffs are approaching, and the NBA's hot spot suddenly became Phil Jackson's entry into the Lakers.

Protagonists: Phil Jackson, Qiao Hai, Lakers

Supporting Role: ESPN

Group performances: other media in North America, fans, etc.

ESPN hyped Phil Jackson to join the Lakers, and Jerry West naturally felt unhappy, and he shouted at Mitch Kupchak: "Mitch, get me Phil's number, I'm going to call him." ”

Mitch Kupchak replied helplessly, quickly found Phil Jackson's phone, and then stood aside and listened to the content of Jerry West and Phil Jackson's call.

"Mr. Phil Jackson, I need you to give me an explanation why I was interviewed by ESPN?"

As soon as the phone was connected, Jerry West was furious and asked directly.

Phil Jackson on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned, and anyone who came up was reprimanded by a call from an unfamiliar number would not know why, but when he heard this voice, Phil Jackson quickly reacted.

"Jerry West? Jerry? ”

"It's me, give me an explanation, Phil." Jerry West didn't give in.

Phil Jackson quickly laughed: "No, Jerry, I don't think I need to explain to you, I'm not a Lakers staff member right now, I have the right to be interviewed by any media, this is my right to personal liberty." ”

"But you have to think about the implications, and now that the playoffs are just around the corner, your interview puts the Lakers in the whirlpool of public opinion."

Jerry West slowly calmed down, but he still had to pursue Phil Jackson's problem.

Phil Jackson also never admitted that there was a problem with his interview: "No, Jerry, I have no obligation to be responsible for the Lakers' playoffs this season, but I admit that I didn't think about it, and I won't be interviewed again." ”

When Jerry West heard this, he was immediately helpless, indeed, Phil Jackson has no obligation to be responsible for the Lakers this season, because he is not the head coach of the Lakers, and Phil Jackson also admitted his mistake at the end, which made Jerry West even more speechless.

Phil Jackson admitted his mistakes, and being interviewed can only be regarded as a small problem, and if you really want to chase it, it will eventually become a problem for the Lakers themselves.

So, after thinking about it, Jerry West held back.

Finally, he warned Phil Jackson: "Phil, I hope you don't give interviews to the media anymore, and don't announce your takeover of the Lakers next season." ”

"OK, no problem." Phil Jackson agreed.

However, in fact, Phil Jackson's goal has been achieved, and at the moment of the playoffs, the Lakers are in the whirlpool of public opinion, Qiao Hai was announced to be out of class in advance, a young coach, who has had unstable problems before and cannot control the court.

Now that Phil Jackson is making such a fuss, can Qiao Hai still control the field?

Phil Jackson thinks no.

Once the Lakers become chaotic, there is little hope for the playoffs.

Next season, Phil Jackson will take charge to save the Lakers from chaos and win the championship in one fell swoop, so he Phil Jackson will prove himself outside the Bulls and win the hearts of the big market in Los Angeles.

This is Phil Jackson's wishful thinking.

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As far away as San Antonio, the Lakers are preparing to fly back to Los Angeles, where they have four days off before the playoffs begin.

Qiao Hai naturally saw the headlines from ESPN, and Phil Jackson was interviewed and announced that he would join the Lakers next season.

Still couldn't hide it, Qiao Hai was also very helpless, in this way, Qiao Hai must first deal with the emotional problems in the team, if the emotional problems in the team are not solved, once the conflict breaks out in the playoffs, the Lakers will explode directly.

Even now, if you prepare for the playoffs directly, there may be some players who can't do their work, after all, Qiao Hai is a head coach who is about to leave class, and there is no need to do his best for a head coach who is about to leave class.

Therefore, Qiao Hai also saw the sinister intentions of Phil Jackson's interview.

To be honest, until Phil Jackson became the Lakers next season, the Lakers were also on the right track, and they got better and better, just defeated the Spurs with an absolute advantage, and with this momentum, there is a good chance in the playoffs.

But now, being disturbed by Phil Jackson, everything has to start all over again.

Qiao Hai is ready to return to Los Angeles, and immediately talk to Scott Pippen first, Scott Pippen is the key, in the face of Phil Jackson, the easiest not to support Qiao Hai is Scott Pippen, of course, because he is back at the top, it is Scott Pippen who is the easiest to support Qiao Hai, so Qiao Hai has to attack Scott Pippen first.

Then prepare a large number of speeches to show your ambitions and let the other players do their best to make this playoff journey.

As long as the players do their best, Qiao Hai is confident that he will win this championship trophy.

On the plane's way back to Los Angeles, Joe began researching the Lakers' playoff journey.

The Lakers are fourth in the West, and their opponent is the Rockets, who are fifth in the West.

The Rockets, who have a 31-19 record this season, have improved their record after acquiring Eddie Jones, but the improvement is limited, and for the Lakers, they need to pay attention to the Rockets' interior duo in this matchup.

As for Eddie Jones, Qiao Hai has never felt that Eddie Jones can pose a threat to the Lakers.

Kobe Bryant is an all-round siege of Eddie Jones, both offensive and defensive, the Lakers also have Bruce Bowen on the bench, and Eddie Jones is obviously difficult to get space to play in the Lakers' outside defense group.

So, Qiao Hai thought about it, he felt that it was very similar to the Spurs, the difference was that the Rockets had an Eddie Jones on the outside, while Olajuwanga Charles Barkley's interior was a weakened version of Duncangaret Robinson's defensive interior combination.

Therefore, in this playoff matchup, the Lakers can choose to play similar tactics to the Spurs......