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Tag Archives: Tex Winter
The Phil Phenomenon by Roland Lazenby
January 15, 2010 – 4:59 am
In the wake of the Los Angeles Lakers winning the 2009 NBA title, much has been made of the 10 championships that Phil Jackson’s teams have won in his 18 seasons as a head coach. If you include the two other times Jackson’s teams reached the championship round and lost, that makes 12 times in [...]
Fisher — Sidekick To The Greatest Grocery Guy Who Ever Lived
June 13, 2009 – 9:26 am
Damn, he was one lonely boy. Ambition will do that to you.
I was speaking to a group of high school kids last year and trying to give them a little bit of an idea about Kobe Bryant.
I asked how many of them had jobs. Several hands shot up. One kid was 17 and had just [...]
Protecting Kobe From Himself
June 10, 2009 – 4:58 pm
I have a new blog posted on hoopshype.com.
http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/lazenby/2009/06/10/protecting-kobe-from-himself/
It’s about Bryant and is based on an interview with Lakers assistant coach and longtime Kobe watcher Brian Shaw.
Twitter Stuff Before Game 1
June 4, 2009 – 3:03 pm
This is twitter stuff from before Game 1 at the Finals. If you know twitter, you know you should read this from the bottom up, to have it in order. I know, this is more than a bit flaky, but it’s fun too.
0. http://twitter.com/lazenby
0. lazenbybandwagon, the structure of the offense is a key, the foundation. Then [...]
Truth Is Usually A Dangerous Concept, But For Tex It Was Natural
April 26, 2009 – 3:46 am
Jack Nicholson’s character in “A Few Good Men” was right. Most people can’t handle the truth. Most people are so fearful of the truth, they need to get drunk just to slur a few words of it. If they dare speak the truth, they feel they have to get up on the pulpit and preach [...]
Mihm’s The Word?
February 4, 2009 – 8:58 am
If you’re a Lakers fan, you’re in a deep funk about Andrew Bynum’s injury. No, Chris Mihm isn’t going to be Andrew Bynum, an immensely promising young center.
But Lakers guru Tex Winter was much impressed by Mihm’s progress at the end of last season in coming back from injuries of his own that had derailed [...]
Who’s The Most Patient Man In The Laker Organization?
December 25, 2008 – 9:23 am
Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Cheery Kwanza. All that good stuff. Let’s just wrap it up with a good ole Happy Holidays.
Tex Winter says there’s an easy answer to that question in the headlines. “Phil Jackson is a patient man,” he said appreciatively the other day. “He’s the most patient guy in the whole Lakers organization.”
Jackson’s [...]