Seriously, that hat looks moronic. Especially since more than half of those titles were won with the Bulls.
Before every series the Lakers have had thus far in the playoffs, Phil Jackson has made some comment apparently designed to influence the referees in the coming series. He's come for Kevin Durant and Steve Nash, and now he's claiming that the whole Celtics team plays dirty or something.
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I think Jackson is a great coach, but this crap gets old really quickly. Considering how bad the referees are already, it could easily lead to bad calls in the finals. I know that this is what he's going for, but I don't really get why he can do it.
Let's take a look at Jackson's opposite number in the Finals, Doc Rivers. In March, he was fined $25 thousand after criticizing the referees in a game against the Bulls. Clearly his comments were made in an attempt to have an effect on the referees' future actions. So why was he fined when, as far as I can tell, Phil Jackson hasn't been fined for any of his ref-baiting?
I have a feeling it's mostly because he's Phil Jackson, but a big part of it also has to be the fact that he's technically not directly criticizing referees. But as I said earlier, Jackson is having an effect on referees - hell, he may be having more of an effect than Rivers' comments ever could. The NBA needs to make up their minds - either you can make comments directed at the referees, or you can't. Either fine everyone or nobody.
And while we're at it, let's fine all the referees too, just for being horrible at their jobs.
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