Phil Jackson fined $25,000 for tampering
Phil Jackson fined $25,000 for talking about Fisher as coach, but Fisher still leading candidate
If you had under three months in the “when will the NBA fine Phil Jackson?” pool, go collect your money.
The NBA has confirmed that the league fined Phil Jackson $25,000 for his comments about Derek Fisher as a potential coaching candidate of the Knicks. This was tampering, even though Jackson said he has not reached out to or spoken to Fisher, you can’t even talk about a guy under contract to another team and Derek Fisher was still that with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
That doesn’t mean that Jackson’s fascination with Fisher is in anyway over.
In fact, Fisher sounded like a guy ready to move on to the next phase in his life at his exit interview and the Knicks are still in front of the crowd in landing him, reports Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo Sports.
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If you had under three months in the “when will the NBA fine Phil Jackson?” pool, go collect your money.
The NBA has confirmed that the league fined Phil Jackson $25,000 for his comments about Derek Fisher as a potential coaching candidate of the Knicks. This was tampering, even though Jackson said he has not reached out to or spoken to Fisher, you can’t even talk about a guy under contract to another team and Derek Fisher was still that with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
That doesn’t mean that Jackson’s fascination with Fisher is in anyway over.
In fact, Fisher sounded like a guy ready to move on to the next phase in his life at his exit interview and the Knicks are still in front of the crowd in landing him, reports Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo Sports.
Sauce