Former Gonzaga All-American Adam Morrison shared what it was like playing for Hall-of-Fame coach Phil Jackson during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers
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00:00 He's the best manager I've ever played for, if that makes sense.
00:02 Yeah.
00:03 Obviously, the triangle is what it is, but there's smarter X's and O's guys that can do stuff on the fly.
00:09 He obviously had a system, but he was the best at managing just personalities and the team focus.
00:15 I mean, everybody's seen the last dance, and it's no different.
00:17 The meditation stuff was real.
00:18 You'd have practices where everybody was involved.
00:21 It's a different style, and that's why it worked.
00:24 He just brings the tenor of the pressure down a level, because every place he's been at has been expectations.
00:31 Obviously, Los Angeles, and then when you get Michael Jordan.
00:33 So, he does a good job of bringing that anxiety down as a unit, and then making guys work as a unit, and then allowing people to be themselves.
00:42 It's hard to do in the pros.
00:43 Yeah.
00:44 You know what I'm saying?
00:44 Because guys have so many different distractions and so many things to get everybody to be on the same page,
00:50 but still feel like you're not bound by pressure or whatever.
00:54 He was the best at that.
00:55 It's not even close.
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