L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.Byline: -- Ross Siler The Lakers' minor-league affiliate, the D-Fenders, opened training camp Saturday in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and . Lakers coach Phil 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. said before Friday's game that he would stop by to show support for the team, which will run the triangle offense and serve as a Lakers' junior varsity. Jackson said Lakers owner Jerry Buss was a bigger advocate for the team than he was, saying it made sense ``strategically'' for an NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= team to have an affiliate. One thing Jackson said he wanted to see change was the ability for teams to have veteran players make what baseball calls ``rehab starts'' with the minor-leaguers. The only problem is that such a change probably would have to be written into the league's collective bargaining agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. , which doesn't expire until after the 2010-11 season. |
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