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Anonymous
While the 90s Bulls and the 00 Lakers were full of veterans, Phil Jackson was able to make his system work for the team and has alot of say over the roster makeup. Even when he was constantly engaged in verbal duels with Jerry Krause, he convinced team management to add more big men, and while none of them are HoF material, they play great defense and rebounding which played a part in their title run. The Lakers were able to start winning when they add more shooters with Jerry Rice and Brian Shaw. When you are talking about coaching, he isn't the architect of any system, but he is able to teach his team the fundamentals of team offense and team defense, which makes him the anti-D'Antoni. Most importantly, he's a great motivator. You see coaches that are lax and is satisfied with their team even though they make tons of mistakes like Flip and Isiah, you see coaches that are too controlling like Avery and Skiles, you rarely see a coach that knows how to balance between letting the players find their own path and pulling the leash to adjust their errors.
Having Jordan and Shaq/Kobe made things easier, but you don't become the coach with the most playoff wins if you can't make adjustment.
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