LAKERS LURE JACKSON?; REPORT: L.A. PROPOSES $20 MILLION DEAL.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. 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. has been offered a four-year deal worth more than $20 million to coach the Lakers, Fox Sports News reported Thursday night. Jackson's agent, Todd Musburger Todd W. Musburger is a Chicago-based sports agent and attorney. He famously represented Phil Jackson during his championship years with the Chicago Bulls and his acrimonious negotiations with Bulls' management. , is in ``serious negotiations'' with the Lakers, Fox said. A source told the network that a deal could be completed in the next few days. Jackson, who guided the Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the National Basketball Association. The team was founded in 1966, and has won six NBA Championships since. to six championships, was on vacation in Alaska and unavailable for comment. Lakers owner Jerry Buss, reached after the Sparks' WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego opener Thursday night at the Forum, would not confirm or deny the report. ``I've been out of town. I've got to talk to Jerry West,'' Buss said, referring to the team's executive vice president. ``We'll see.'' Jackson left the Bulls after last year's championship and did not coach this season. Several other teams, including the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks and New Jersey Nets, also are reportedly interested in hiring Jackson. The Lakers haven't cleared up the status of Kurt Rambis, who took over as interim coach after Del Harris was fired during the lockout-shortened 1999 season. The Lakers finished 31-19 last season and advanced to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Phil Jackson's agent says the former Bulls coach is in ``serious negotiations'' with the Lakers, according to Fox Sports News. Michael S. Green/Associated Press |
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