Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson has coached the Lakers for 10 years.

He has won 6 Conference Championships (Is working on is 7th) and won 4 World Championships.

In the last 10 years Phil didn't coach the team one year (2004) which was also the only year the Lakers didn't make the playoffs.

Overall Phil has won 10 World Championships in 19 years as a head coach. As a reward for his stellar performance (unrivaled in Professional sports). The richest team in the NBA http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/09/team.values.ap/index.html is demanding if he returns he take a huge pay cut. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2010/05/phil-jackson-to-take-pay-cut-if-he-returns-to-lakers---/1

My prediction is Phil tells the Lakers to f*ck off and goes to the Knicks with Lebron James. Phil used to play for the knicks. NY is the biggest stage there is. Lebron is (supposedly) the best player in the world. The Knicks have plenty of money to burn. Maybe the Russian Billionaire will coax him and Lebron to NJ. Wherever it is I bet where Lebron goes Phil goes.

The Lakers will spend the next 10 years wondering why they were so stupid (and cheap).