With the Los Angeles Lakers decision to fire former head coach Mike Brown after a 1-4 start to the season, there have been many names thrown out there, but the first choice to fill the void amongst Lakers fans is without a doubt the "Zen Master" Phil Jackson.
The 11-time NBA champion coach was believed to have officially walked away from the game after the Lakers were swept by the eventual NBA champion Dallas Mavericks the season before last, reports have surfaced that Jackson is open to returning to the NBA and that the Lakers are 95 percent sure that he will rejoin the Lakers.
According to Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times:
The Lakers are moving quickly toward hiring Phil Jackson as their next coach, with one person in the organization calling it a "95%" chance he will return for a third tour with the team.
The Lakers plan on meeting with Jackson on Saturday morning to make sure he is interested in the job. The unknown 5% in their equation is the chance Jackson doesn't want to fill the vacancy created by the Friday firing of Mike Brown , either because of health reasons or other unknown issues.
In the likelihood that Jackson does not rejoin the Lakers, the team has already reached out former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni.
According to a ESPN Los Angeles report, D'Antoni had knee replacement surgery and will be sidelined up to six weeks and will be expected to be available to coach within 10 days to two weeks.
Since the firing of Brown the Lakers won their first game under interim head coach Bernie Bickerstaff, beating the Golden State Warriors 101-77 Friday night, bringing their record to 2-4.
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