Phil Jackson for President
By AAN Staff
june 5, 2002 04:08 pm
The timing may have raised eyebrows
and hackles in Sacramento, coming as it
did during the playoffs, but SN&R
News Editor Steven T. Jones
used an exclusive interview with Lakers
coach Phil Jackson to try to talk him into
running for president of the United
States. Jackson took the bait and
discussed the idea publicly for the first
time. He's intelligent, confident, cool
under fire, and he meditates every
day. Says Jackson, "The challenge is
what is good for corporations may not be
good for the world itself as a harmonic
organism." He brought the Bulls and
Lakers together to win championships,
says Jones. "It’s time to move on to the
more challenging
job of running this country as smoothly as
a triangle offense."