interview/feature on phil. he doesn't seem like he's in too much of a hurry to get back to coaching. it's a long article, i cut some excerpts, link below:
http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/phil-jackson-coach-again-never-say-never.html#.TwsM2XzAc4A.twitter
So Phil, I finally had to ask after we had gone through the usual familiars about health and family, do you want to coach in the NBA again?“No,” said Phil Jackson with his practiced, slightly bemused look.
“I don’t,” added Jackson, though there rarely is a finality to the declarations of the never say never dreamer. “But that doesn’t mean I won’t. I don’t think I’ll coach again. I’d like to see if there’s another side of basketball, perhaps. If I’m back in full (health) activity at a level I want to be active at, I may not even want to go back to coaching.
“I may want to pick up where I wanted to go, maybe ride a motorcycle around the world, do something that’s much different,” Jackson said possibly musing about his own bucket list. “I don’t think I’ll ever run marathons. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do that again. But have the kind of activity I’d like to do. Fly fish and still be able to do some of the things I’d like to do.”
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He’s living in Los Angeles after spending the summer at his Montana home.
“With my level of activity it’s not a good idea to be on ice and snow,” Jackson said. “I don’t have that kind of mobility right now. I did have a garden this summer in Montana, a very fruitful one, and enjoyed my time there. I wouldn’t rule out living somewhere else. But as you know (I moan about the Chicago weather all the time) to be able to spend the winter months outdoors and not feeling trapped is a great weather situation. It’s been nice to have been here a decade or more.
“The older you get,” he went on, “the harder it is sometimes to weather that (winter). But you also have to do what interests you, what you have enthusiasm for.”
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Jackson said he hasn’t watched much basketball this season, though he’s pleased the labor situation finally was resolved. He said he watched part of the Lakers/Bulls Christmas Day game and has tried to stay away from the team to not interfere as the Lakers go from the system type approach Jackson believed in a more traditional NBA game individual game.
“I think they’re learning the system, coming together,” Jackson said. “They’ve got new pieces. Speed isn’t what they want it to be. This is a team that’s been used to playing whatever level of half court and taking care of opponents with execution. With their new kind of way they’re going to play I think they’re going to have some speed and some easier baskets and easier ability to make some points. I think they’re a team in transition, so to speak, and we’ll see some changes. I don’t think they’re done changing the personnel.”
Jackson said he likes to watch Miami “because they’re so talented. They’re obviously a real threat with those two players. I like to watch Chicago because they really play defense and work well together, support each other really well. Dallas isn’t that much fun to watch, not quite as exciting. The Oklahoma City team is fun to watch. They’re still young and have come a long way in two years. They have a chance to show this year as a big team.
1/9/2012 12:44 AM