LAKERS NOTEBOOK: BULLS IN NAME ONLY.Byline: Howard Beck Daily News Staff Writer A team wearing red Bulls uniforms will greet 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. tonight at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. , but it will be understandable if he doesn't feel much sentimentality at tipoff. Jackson, the Bulls' coach for nine years, won't see many familiar faces on the visiting bench. ``There are very few players, maybe three left,'' Jackson said. ``I don't even know if (Toni) Kukoc is with them.'' He's not. He's injured. ``Or (Dicky) Simpkins.'' Also missing, also injured. As is B.J. Armstrong. Among Jackson's former players, that leaves only Randy Brown
Randy Brown (born May 22, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'2" (1. and Will Perdue William Edward Perdue (born August 29 1965 in Melbourne, Florida) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. Following a stellar college career at Vanderbilt University, in which he was named Southeastern Conference player of the year and SEC male athlete of the year in uniform. ``And Will hasn't been part of it for four years,'' Jackson noted. ``Yeah, it's really different. ``Still, there's a lot of people there, the whole organization is coming. The P.R. guy, (Tim) Hallam, the radio and TV people. Those are people you spend a lot of time with when you're the coach, so there's a lot of that. The floor game, I think, will be really clean. The other part will be different and nostalgic.'' But more so when the Lakers travel to Chicago on Feb. 15. ``That will be much more difficult,'' Jackson said. For now, he's more concerned with not letting the Bulls reverse their trend of road woes - Chicago has lost 16 of its last 17 games away from United Center. In their second year under Tim Floyd Tim Floyd (born February 25, 1954) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California men's college basketball team. Floyd is also a former head coach of several teams in both the NCAA and the NBA. , the Bulls are still running the triangle offense  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. installed by Jackson and current Lakers assistant coach Tex Winter Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (born February 25 1922) is a successful American basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense. Tex Winter attended Huntington Park High School and went on to graduate from the University of Southern California in 1947, where he learned . ``I think we'll know how to defend them somewhat,'' Jackson said. ``But you never know, sometimes familiarity breeds that the more you know about something, the less you know, or the less you can defend it. So it should be real interesting in that respect. . . . Floyd's a good defensive coach, and I think he's going to make trouble for us.'' Lakers guard Ron Harper
Ronald Harper (born January 20, 1964 in Dayton, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player whose career spanned from 1986 to 2001 with four teams in , who won three championships with Jackson's Bulls, then spent last season playing for Floyd on a losing team, said he sympathizes with their current struggles. ``It's real tough times there about now. I feel for them some,'' he said. ``It'll be fun (to play them). How can you feel bad playing those guys. I mean, that's the place where I won my first three rings For the video game developer see Three Rings Design. In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Three Rings of the Elves of Eregion are fictional magical artifacts. They are three of twenty Rings of Power. , so I can't feel any ill feelings. It was a great place for me to be.'' Jordan's coming: Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. probably won't be on hand to watch his old coach and his old team face off tonight, but he is due in town the first week of December, Jackson said. Jackson has heard Jordan plans to attend a game then, but he's not sure if he'll join the Lakers for a workout. ``I've left an open invitation for him if he wants to,'' Jackson said. LAKERS vs. CHICAGO Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., at Staples Center. TV/Radio: Fox Sports West; KLAC-AM (570) Lakers (7-3) update: They haven't played the Bulls since the 1997-98 season, when Phil Jackson was coaching Chicago to its sixth title of the decade. Bulls (1-7) update: They're hurting on and off the court. The Bulls have lost all four road games this season and are playing without injured veterans Toni Kukoc, B.J. Armstrong and Dickey Simpkins. Worse, their third leading scorer is Fred Hoiberg (12.2 points per game), and even he's injured. - Howard Beck CAPTION(S): Box Box: Lakers vs. Chicago (see text) |
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