Coach Phil Jackson

Breathe easier my friends, our coach Phil Jackson has made his decision to come back to coach our Laker team yet another year!!! His philosophies and candid coaching style gave us eleven seasons as our Laker coach.C With having won 5 titles underneath his style of coaching + having been to the finals in 7 of 10 games, that is pretty amazing. Lakers General Manager, Mitch Kupchak says that Phil is not only the best coach for this team, but quite simply the best coach in the history of the NBA. Interestingly, he was a member of 2 championship teams as a player in the 1970's. His .705 winning percentage as a coach is the best in league history as are his 225 playoff victories. He has 1,098 regular-season victories, which is 5th. most in NBA history. Now we also find another discovery to relate. The Lakers have agreed to terms with Steve Blake who split time with the Clippers and the Portland Trailblazers. Blake is known as a deft shooter. The Lakers cannot officially sign Blake on until next Thursday but Blake's sister, Debbie, broke the news of the agreement as a producer on a sports talk radio show called the Bald Faced Truth in Portland, OR. Blake averaged 7.3 points and 4.8 assists in 80 games last season and hits 39.5 percent from 3 point range and is known as a solid playmaker. October is but a very short few months away so then we can watch our team in action once again. YES !!! Babs Wells