Phil Jackson

I generally don't wish ill upon sports figures, but I admit there are times when I hope a player or coach does not succeed.

This is how I felt about a potential 6th championship for Phil Jackson in LA. And not just a 6th, but a second three-peat. It would be eerily similar to his time in Chicago.

Down 3-0 to Dallas with a potential two out of the next four games in Dallas, it seems unlikely that LA will win a championship this year. And I take comfort in knowing that Phil will end up with more rings in Chicago.

I don't love Phil today the way I used to; LA changed him, to be sure. But I will always be proud to know that right along the best player of all time was the best coach of all time.

And I know that coaches don't go to the hall of fame in one team's jersey, but if they did, we know that Phil would be wearing red with the classiest logo in the NBA.