Bill Bradley
6 they had 2 separate 3 peats Phil then won 3 more in a 3 peat with the Lakers behing Kobe and Shaq and 1 more last year giving him 10 rings. the most by any coach in nba history !
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Anthony "Spud" Webb and one-time Knicks, now with the Celtics, Nate Robinson.
As a player Phil Jackson won one NBA championship. He won it in the 1973-74 NBA season as a top reserve for the New York Knicks. He would have also been part of the 1969-70 champion Knicks team, had he not missed the entire season with a spinal fusion injury.
The NBA started in 1946 in Toronto Ontario Canada between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Huskies. But the NBA really started when The Basketball Assocation Of America and the National Basketball Leauge Murged to make one league which turned out to be the NBA.
To get drafted to the Knicks or any other NBA team you must be a college player. You must be between the ages of 19 and 22-years old, and have one year out of high school. To gain automatic eligibility, international players must have completed four years of college.
Pat Summitt head coach is the head coach of the Lady Vols, has won the most games in college basketball. She has won a total of 983 games and 8 national championships!!!!She has won more championships than any woman in any sport. ---- The NBA leader in wins is Len Wilkens who was a head coach for the Supersonics, Trailblazers, Cavaliers, Hawks, Raptors, and Knicks for a total of 32 seasons. His all time head coaching win loss record is 1332-1155. He won one NBA championship as a head coach, that coming in the 1978-79 season.
Houston Rockets defeated New York Knicks 4-3 to win the 1994 NBA Championship.
There are many basketball teams that call New York home. However, if you are talking professional basketball teams, then there are two men's teams-- The New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets. There is one women's professional team in New York-- the Liberty.
If you are talking about professional sports in the US, there has only been one that I am aware of. Andre Ware played both in the NFL and the NBA. He played for the Detroit Lions in the NFL and the New York Knicks in the NBA.
The San Antonio Spurs are an NBA team that was founded in 1967. The head coach is Gregg Popovich, and their mascot is The Coyote. One can learn more about this NBA team at Wikipedia.
From 1976 to 1982, the New York Knicks' number nine jersey was worn by point guard Phil Jackson. Jackson is best known for his successful coaching career later on but had a solid playing career with the Knicks, contributing to their team dynamics during his time on the court. After retiring as a player, he became one of the most prominent coaches in NBA history.