The Regime Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Lakers coach Phil Jackson told reporters on Wednesday that he has already had discussions with the team about coming back next season and they want to reduce his salary. His current contract pays him a reported $12.5 million this season. "It's been indicated there will be a salary cut but not ... I'm not going to say 'down,' that's kind of weird to say stuff like that," Jackson said. "It's still a ridiculous salary whatever it is." He first mentioned the potential pay cut on Dec. 19 in New Jersey. "A lot of it has to do with the direction the league is going, the direction the ownership wants to go in," Jackson said of his future. "People are cutting costs all around the league, and coaches are obviously going to take a cut too, so they may not even want to hire me. They may want to save some money." http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66687/20100520/lakers_want_jackson_to_take_a_pay_cut/ I'm hearing it's a 60% reduction in salary, that's ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Not gonna happen, I cant see Jackson taking pay cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 WTF is this [expletive], I don't want Byron Scott, GIVE US PHIL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Phil is coming to the Nets i tell you!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 He shouldn't get cut by 60% but no coach should be making close to as much as a max for an NBA player, that is just ridiculous. Make him the highest paid coach and that is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reno Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Told y'all phil is coming back to chicago with lebron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Told y'all phil is coming back to chicago with lebron.even though Jerry Krause is gone, I don't think he'd ever go back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reno Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 even though Jerry Krause is gone, I don't think he'd ever go back Well I'll agree that I doubt he will come back, but still if chicago happened to get lebron and bosh, could you imagine what phils coaching resume would look like? mj and pippen, kobe and shaq, lebron and rose. He would be one lucky sob. I would cream my pants if this happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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