Phil Jackson and Lebron James
Lebron Jackson and Phil Jackson have a dust up over the term posse. About twelve years ago when Lebron James was about 19 years old PJ expressed some doubts about kids out of high school playing in the NBA, making an obscene amount of money and the posses that develop. Somehow or other that has resurfaced.
LJ played in Miami, brought championships and his friends and business associates may have been an inconvenience to some but in retrospect I'm damn near positive Pat, Eric, Mickey and the rest of the Heat family would have liked him to stay. They guy generated a lot of interest in basketball and he has developed wide ranging business interests. He isn't the last guy on the bench and in Cleveland like Miami, he is the reason they contended for championships.
The word posse isn't racist. Although I'm sure that there are folks who would make that jump because rich folks have associates that go on trips with them for various reasons. When the President of the United States travels he has a POSSE.
I guess coaches are just like that. If the star player doesn't like the coach, it is usually the coach that gets fired. Phil Jackson is 71 years old and the Knicks' record is 5-6 and the Heat record is 2-8. Phil Jackson's opinion may have some weight because many overpaid rookies and free agents never quite pan out. Cleveland's record is 9-2. The coaches opinion is his own. I understand LJ or a friend thinking PJ might have overstepped this time.
Even the current urban dictionaries don't ascribe posse to one race or ethnic group. I ascribe to the old western definition where the sheriff rounded up a posse to go after a bad guy.
LJ played in Miami, brought championships and his friends and business associates may have been an inconvenience to some but in retrospect I'm damn near positive Pat, Eric, Mickey and the rest of the Heat family would have liked him to stay. They guy generated a lot of interest in basketball and he has developed wide ranging business interests. He isn't the last guy on the bench and in Cleveland like Miami, he is the reason they contended for championships.
The word posse isn't racist. Although I'm sure that there are folks who would make that jump because rich folks have associates that go on trips with them for various reasons. When the President of the United States travels he has a POSSE.
I guess coaches are just like that. If the star player doesn't like the coach, it is usually the coach that gets fired. Phil Jackson is 71 years old and the Knicks' record is 5-6 and the Heat record is 2-8. Phil Jackson's opinion may have some weight because many overpaid rookies and free agents never quite pan out. Cleveland's record is 9-2. The coaches opinion is his own. I understand LJ or a friend thinking PJ might have overstepped this time.
Even the current urban dictionaries don't ascribe posse to one race or ethnic group. I ascribe to the old western definition where the sheriff rounded up a posse to go after a bad guy.
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