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Phil Jackson
For other people with the same name, see Philip Jackson.


Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team.
 may be trying to downplay down·play  
tr.v. down·played, down·play·ing, down·plays
To minimize the significance of; play down: downplayed the bad news.

Verb 1.
 his return as the Lakers' coach--saying that the current lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime.  probably won't make it as champions--but the team is already billing his comeback as a monumental occasion.

A full-page ad in the L.A. Times on the day after his announced return depicted Jackson with the team's world championship banners flying high in the background. Below the photo, a large caption read, "Next Season Starts Today."

John Black, the Lakers See Lake poets  spokesman, said the team's top marketing official was on vacation and that no specific promotional campaign had been established yet.
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Title Annotation:THE LABJ's L.A. Stories; Lakers
Author:Greenberg, David
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Jun 20, 2005
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