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http://sportssatirereport.com/ Knicks and Phil Jackson talks heat-up Team's willingness to include "weed" in contract revives Jackson's attention
Seeking to raise Phil Jackson's interest in their head-coaching vacancy, the Knicks have suggested a provision of "weed" be included in their contract talks, sources in the organization confirmed.
Jackson, whose attention had reportedly been waning, was immediately "compelled to revisit the situation," sources in both camps said.
"It's no secret that Phil's always had a wonderful relationship with dope," Del Harris, a friend and former assistant coach, said. "He was high all the time during the championship runs, and so was I."
In Jackson, the Knicks are courting a coach with unmatched cachet who would immediately solve the team's need for an ego-driven, arrogant, smugly confident personality. Jackson shamelessly spent a career exploiting the league's greatest superstars to build his gaudy resume, which is about as authentic as a mail-order doctorate. But it's the splashy Jackson the Knicks seem to want.
Isiah Thomas, the team's General Manager, did not duck a very predictable question: how would he handle the possibility, however remote, that, under Jackson, the team's fortunes might reverse and Jackson receive the credit?
"C'mon, guys. You know me," he said. "I'd fire him."
"Believe me, this is well thought-out... we consulted a bunch of people on this," Thomas added. "The big thing was, we asked [Jackson's people] what it would take to rekindle Phil's interest. They said, 'try weed.'"
Jackson, a world traveler and spiritual seeker, recently returned from the jungles of New Guinea, where he spent three months screwing pymies.
"I'm tapped out," he said. "I was doing 10-20 a day. They're a fascinating species."
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