LAKERS NOTEBOOK: JACKSON GLAD FOR A REVIEW IN BALL BATTLE.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer Only 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. could make the connection between the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. and Wednesday's news that NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= commissioner David Stern
``Without harping on it,'' Jackson said, ``I'm glad that the commissioner is at least as capable of being changeable as President Bush is on his stance in Iraq.'' The league replaced its traditional leather ball with a synthetic model before this season, which last week prompted a grievance filed with the National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right by the NBA Players Association. ``I think if everybody just bitched and whined about it on TV or to the press, nothing would have happened,'' Jackson said. ``But once a grievance was filed, something's got to be done. ``My assistant coaches, just passing the ball to the players, their hands are breaking down, they're getting cracked fingers over this ball. It's just a totally different substance than playing with a leather ball.'' Assistant coach Kurt Rambis Darrell Kurt Rambis (born February 25, 1958 in Cupertino, California) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. is sporting a couple of bandages on his right hand as a result of the new ball. The ball is so sticky when dry that it has a tendency to tear the skin on the fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. of some players and coaches. Most of the player complaints have been related to the ball's slickness when it absorbs sweat. Jackson said the ball also spins to a greater degree than the old leather ball because of its composite surface. ``I noticed Kobe (Bryant) lost the ball on a dribble the other night,'' Jackson said, ``went between his legs twice and the ball (bounced) off his hand out of bounds, and his first impulse was, `That damn ball.''' Missing man: Forward Brian Cook has endured a miserable month since signing a three-year contract extension before the Oct. 31 season opener. Cook is averaging 5.2 points this season and has missed time with both a respiratory infection and vertigo. Cook also has seen Ronny Turiaf play a greater role this season in coming off the bench as a backup forward and center. He was on the 12-man active roster Wednesday while veteran guards Shammond Williams and Aaron McKie were inactive. ``He's been good with it,'' Jackson said of Cook. ``I think he's frustrated by not playing but he's good with the idea that he knows that I'm looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. situations to put him in.'' |
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