Pau Gasol has never been one to hold his tongue, but his recent words showed nothing but support for injured teammate Kobe Bryant and former coach—and newly named New York Knicks president—Phil Jackson.
Update: March 18 at 6:55 p.m. ET by Joe Flynn
Gasol had some more to say about Jackson's basketball philosophy, per ESPN Los Angeles' Dave McMenamin (vis Sulia):
He always talked about the Basketball Gods and being rewarded by them when you make the right play out there. When you’re unselfish. When you play as a team. When you play as a unit. His system was predicated on everybody being involved. Everybody kind of touching the ball and getting the shot to the open man, for the most part. So, that’s something that I loved about him and again, how great he was at managing individuals on our team. I thought that that was great because everybody kind of gave their best of what they got and you can see all the players that have been here, when they ...
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