Albanian Damien wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Phil might be considered a cheater for accolades. Every team he's led far has had a lot of talent. He's never taken a bad team anywhere.
Come on man, check your fact. Red had all the talent when he won his titles. The Lakers were the only competition he had. Phil deserves credit for 2 reasons. 1. When he took over the Bulls & Lakers reguardless of the talent that was there, they never won a title until he arrived. He was willing to comback to the Lakers after being kicked to the curb then returned -Shaq. The only big trade in these past 3 1/2 years was Gasol other than that the draft pics worked out & Phil get credit for helping these guys reach their potential. You have to take off your Green & White shades on this 1 & re-think what you are saying. In Red's era it might have been different if we had Wilt in his prime to go with the other players but we didn't. The Celtics had a stacked team (Look how many are in the HOF & jersey's are retired)