Five years after winning their last NBA title together, Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson are meeting again, this time as opponents, both of them chasing something they aren't supposed to need anymore.
Validation.
Sunday's matchup between Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers and Jackson's New York Knicks hardly serves as a referendum on legacies or forthcoming success and failure, with both teams rooted in nothing more than collective states of TBD.
New York is a fringe playoff contender headed in the right direction but still trying to distance itself from a decade of serial shortsightedness. Los Angeles couldn't be further removed from the Western Conference postseason discussion if it found the edge of the universe.
It wasn't long ago that Jackson and Bryant once ruled the NBA with their rings and their dynasties and the formality that they would one day walk away, for good, at the top of their respective professions.
Now, with both still entrenched in the league's daily grind, they're trying to prove they belong at all—Jackson as a triumphant coach plying his philosophies in the front office, Bryant as ...
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Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson Aching to Prove NBA Hasn’t Left Them Behind
November 7th, 2015 by Dan Favale Leave a reply »
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