When discussing the greatest coaches in NBA history, two names that always come up are Phil Jackson and Pat Riley. Jackson was the first coach to win three consecutive championships, while Riley holds the NBA record for most Coach of the Month honors with 11. But according to the Los Angeles Lakers legend <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/shaquille-oneal">Shaquille O’Neal</a>, Jackson’s style of leadership has an edge over Riley’s.



Having played under both coaches—Jackson with the Lakers and Riley with the Miami Heat—Shaq is in a unique position to compare their approaches. On a recent episode of The OGs Podcast with Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller, O’Neal broke down why he believes Jackson’s style was more effective.



“I actually did my dissertation on this duality of leadership styles between humor and seriousness,” Shaq began. “Pat was serious. All the way serious. And what I realized when I was doing my research is, you can’t be 100% one way.”



He continued, “So I’m going to give Pat 90/10—90% serious and 10% humorous. Phil Jackson was probably about 70/30, 70% humorous and 30% serious. Both styles can be effective, but I think in the long run, if you have a little bit more humor, you can get more done.”



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Shaq added, “Pat was serious. After that first year we won, as I was celebrating, he was sitting there not letting us out early, saying, ‘You better get back here and get to the gym.’”


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<h2>Shaq explains feud with Timberwolves’ Rudy Gobert</h2>



During an episode of The Big Podcast, Shaq addressed his recent comments about Minnesota Timberwolves center <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/rudy-gobert">Rudy Gobert</a>, clarifying that it’s not personal but rather rooted in frustration over the pay disparity between modern players and past legends.



“When I made the comments about Rudy Gobert, people think it’s personal,” O’Neal explained. “But yeah, it’s personal for guys like David Robinson, who only made $116 million in his career. Fabulous player, Hall of Famer. Kareem? The most he ever made was $3 million. Patrick Ewing? $112 million. Bill Russell? $100,000. Just play hard. You’re making $250 million. That’s all I’m saying.”





Shaq went on to say that while his comments may seem harsh, his goal is to motivate Gobert. “For example, with Rudy Gobert, y’all think it’s personal,” Shaq said. “I’m just trying to pump him up. But from the way he responds, I can tell there’s some truth in what I’m saying.”

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It had been a while before the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-rumors-the-trade-that-could-send-klay-thompson-to-the-lakers-20220511-0012.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a> rose back to prominence. Unfortunately, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/charles-barkley-reveals-never-told-secret-about-kobe-bryant-20220302-0015.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kobe Bryant’s</a> final years weren’t exactly successful, and the 2010 <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-finals-all-nba-champions-by-year-20210701-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA championship</a> was nothing but a distant memory.
Then, LeBron James took his talents to Hollywood, and hope arose again. Injuriesderailed his first yearbut he led them to the NBA Finals and their 17th championship in just his second season.
James’ presence helped them get <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-rumors-3-potential-trade-destinations-for-anthony-davis-20220415-0009.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Davis</a> and turned them into a contender right away. Nonetheless, Phil Jackson would still rather keep Russell Westbrook and trade LeBron instead.
<h2>Lakers Rumors: Phil Jackson Would Rather Trade LeBron James And Keep Russell Westbrook</h2>
“I’ve heard that Phil would like LeBron traded,” Lakers insider Bill Plasche said.“I’ve hust heard that. But I’ve got no on the record stuff to back that up. I do know that Phil would like them to keep Westbrook and try to make things work with him.”
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Westbrook had arguably the worst season of his career, and fans in L.A. didn’t seem to care for him. Even so,The Zen Masteris still sold on him and believes he can find success in Southern California.
 
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<h2>Phil Jackson Continues To Have A Lot Of Power In The Lakers</h2>
Jackson is still quite close to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and has a big influence on the team’s decision-making. Per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, he’s been a bit of an outside consultant for them:
“This is very much a committee in L.A. putting together this coaching search,” Woj revealed. “And one person who is certainly significantly involved in this process is Phil Jackson. He’s got a voice in this.”
“He did last time when they hired Frank Vogel. He and Kurt Rambis. He had been somebody they had considered with the Knicks before hiring Derek Fisher in New York… They’re moving deliberately,” Woj added. “They’re not doing seven or eight or nine candidates all at once. They’re kind of going down a list and taking their time with it. I think that process is going to take a bit.”
 
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Jackson is one of the greatest coaches in NBA history and deserves plenty of respect as such. But after the mess he made in New York, maybe Jeanie Buss should know better than to let him have such extensiveinput in these kinds of things.

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On an unsurprising note, <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-rumors-russell-westbrooks-future-with-lakers-may-hinge-on-expert-opinion-20220505-0021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a>owner <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/was-kobe-bryant-willing-to-sign-with-the-los-angeles-clippers-20210420-0002.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeanie Buss</a> has once again turned to <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/how-many-nba-championships-did-phil-jackson-win-20201001-0007.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phil Jackson</a> for advice. Apparently, the legendary coach has a big input in all the decisions made by the organization.
Jackson’s ties with Buss are obvious. Besides being a former Lakers coach, they were engaged until 2016. Also, Jackson holds a close relationship with Kurt and Linda Rambis, both of whom also have great influence on Buss.
But as great as a coach as Jackson was, his work with the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-trade-rumors-donovan-mitchell-and-3-all-stars-knicks-could-target-20220422-0013.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Knicks</a> front office was nothing short of a disaster. That’s why multiple analysts believe the Lakers shouldn’t seek advice from him when it comes to finding a new coach.
<h2>J.J. Redick Rips The Lakers For Seeking Phil Jackson’s Advice</h2>
Former NBA player J.J. Redick wasn’t surprised to hear about Jackson’s input in the Lakers’ coaching search. Per the sharpshooter, it’s just the Lakers doing what they’ve been doing for years now:
“The idea that they’re going to bring in Phil Jackson to help with the coaching search, given his record as an executive in New York, and with the hires he made – again it’s a pattern of behavior,” Redick said. “It fits in their pattern of behavior. Other teams are not going to fall susceptible to that.”
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<h2>Stephen A. Smith Says Lakers Are ‘The Biggest Idiots’ If They Listen To Phil Jackson</h2>
Stephen A. Smith was way blunter than his colleague. The controversial pundit put the Lakers on blast and reminded them of the disaster Jackson left after his brief, yet infamous tenure with the Knicks:
“If they were looking for a new general manager or a new president of basketball operations, I would call the Los Angeles Lakers franchise the biggest idiots on the planet,” Smith said. “Because Phil Jackson should never be allowed to be an executive again. A matter of fact, I’m still so salty about the job he did in New York. I’d prefer that he’d be banned from New York. I don’t think he should be allowed in the state. That’s how bad of a job he did.”
<h2>Some Inside The Lakers Organization Aren’t Happy About Jackson’s Influence</h2>
Needless to say, not everyone is happy to hear that theZen Masteris pulling the strings behind closed doors. Per Sam Amick of The Athletic, some within the organization don’t like how Buss handles these situations:
“Make no mistake, there are powerful people close to the Lakers who aren’t thrilled with the reality that Jackson’s voice is being taken into account when he has no formal position with the franchise,” Amick reported.
“Like it or not, though, Buss has relied on this sort of informal counsel from people she trusts for years now,” Amick added. “That was the case with Kobe Bryant before his passing and had everything to do with the choice to hire his former agent, Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka, in February 2017.”
 
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At the end of the day, Buss will continue to run the team the way she feels it’s better, and Jackson will continue to have leverage there. Hopefully, it’ll turn out for the best for the purple and gold.

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Fueled by the revolutionary Triangle Offense, Phil Jackson is perhaps the greatest coach in <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA</a> history. His two dynasties with the Chicago Bulls and<a href="https://us.bolavip.com/los-angeles-lakers-t101482" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Los Angeles Lakers </a>are the ultimate cover letter.
That’s why James Dolan and the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/new-york-knicks-t92326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Knicks</a> thought he’d be the perfect guy to fix the mess they had gotten into. They hired him as an executive and instead, he tried to impose his system on coach Derek Fisher and mishandled his personnel as well.
The biggestissue from The Zen Master’stime at the Madison Square Garden was clearly his poor relationship with Carmelo Anthony. He didn’t get along with the team’s biggest star and pretty much turned the media and the narratives against him.
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<h2>Phil Jackson Says Carmelo Anthony Didn’t Know How To Be A Leader</h2>
And now, years after their backs-and-forths, Jackson finally admitted in an interview for the Curious Leader podcastthat he didn’t care for Carmelo and thought he wasn’t much of a leader:
“Carmelo, I think, wanted to be a leader, but I don’t think he completely knew how to be a leader as a player. And I think that the strength of his personality was intimidating to some of the coaches that were asked to coach the team. And so there wasn’t this compliance that has to happen between players and coaches. And as much I tried to interject my own beliefs, I don’t think you’re close enough to the ground in that situation to really be effective in dictating how things are going to be done,” Jackson said.
 
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<h2>Jackson Says He Was Looking Forward To Trading Carmelo</h2>
Phil added that he wanted to trade away Carmelo Anthony for years but his no-trade clause made it impossible to do it and that it hurt the team’s flexibility, pretty much blaming him for theirstruggles:
“I wanted to trade Carmelo and … he’s got a no-trade clause that they asked for, but I suggested that if there was a situation—and I asked them to trade, I wanted them to be compliant with it. And you can have all your choices that you want but I want you to go along with the idea that maybe your time has come with being with the Knicks. So that was met without compliance,” he concluded.
 
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While Anthony’s tenure at the Big Apple was far from stellar, he was still mistreated by Phil Jackson and the media. He was always the fall guy and that narrative eventually robbed him of a year of his career.

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Phil Jackson blasts Carmelo Anthony, blames him for the Knicks' struggles - Bolavip US

Phil Jackson has an impressive record from any angle you look at it. As a player, Jackson <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba/nba-rings-teams-with-most-championships-20200929-0008.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won two NBA championships</a> with the New York Knicks. He was on the NBA All-Rookie first team in 1968 and while playing he authored a photo book on the 1970 Knicks championship run.
When he began coaching, he started as an assistant with the New York Nets and coached in Puerto Rico before taking the top job with the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/chicago%C2%A0bulls-t101422" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bulls</a> in 1989. The rest is history, Jackson is a 4-time NBA All-Star head coach, he was coach of the year in 1996, and is considered one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history.
Jackson coached a total of 20 years and has a regular-season winning percentage of .704, he has won 1,155 games of 1,640 played. All these records are equally impressive with the number of championships won. Sit back and enjoy reviewing all eleven championships won by Phil Jackson as a coach.
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<h2>Chicago Bulls six rings</h2>

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With Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and the rest of the Bulls, Jackson led them to six championships. Over nine seasons, he won two separate three-peats in 1991-1993 and 1996-1998. <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba/The-30-best-teams-in-NBA-history-20200701-0001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Bulls three-peat</a> was the first since the Boston Celtics won eight titles in a row from 1959 to 1966.
With the Bulls, he qualified for the playoffs in every year that he coached, and their championship run ended when Michael Jordan announced his first retirement after the 1992-1993 season. As it was famously documented in The Last Dance, Jackson and Bulls general manager Jerry Krause’s relationship began to go south, and when he signed a contract extension to coach the team in 1997-1998 it was marked as his final season in charge. When the Bulls won the 98 title, Jackson vowed to never coach again, but he was convinced to take over the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/los-angeles-lakers-t101482" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in 1999.
<h2>Los Angeles Lakers 5 rings</h2>

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In L.A. Jackson won 5 championships and created a new modern NBA dynasty. With superstars Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, and a roster that had Glen Rice, Derek Fisher, Rick Fox, Devean George, A. C. Green, Robert Horry, and Brian Shaw, the Lakers would win a three-peat of their own from 2000-2002. Unfortunately for Jackson, his new dynasty had issues in the locker room, Bryant and O’Neal did not get along, but more importantly, Jackson and Bryant did not get along, with Kobe publicly stating that the triangle offense was “boring”.
Jackson placed an ultimatum and requested that Kobe Bryant be traded, something Lakers management said no to immediately. Jackson left the team in 2004 but would return in 2005 and winning two more NBA titles in 2009 and 2010. During the title runs Jackson and Bryant put old tensions in the past and worked very well together. At the end of the 2010-2011 season, Jackson announced he would not return to the Lakers and thus ended his highly successful managing career. No other coach in NBA history has won more championships than Phil Jackson.

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