The Zen master thinks that the NBA should kiss the Holy Trinity, and he does not speak of the offense of the triangle.
Phil Jackson, who won 11 championship titles as a chief coach and two others as a player, called the NBA Online to plan regular seasonal matches in Christmas matches and the playoffs on Easter Sunday.
“Once again, the NBA tests the faith by playing several matches at Christmas and Easter … Sacred Days,” wrote the 79 -year -old player in a rare post on X.
The position was only Jackson’s third since 2018, but has nevertheless become viral in the middle of a sea of criticism.
“ Wrestlemania, MLB, NHL, UFL, PGA Tour, Softball University, Baseball University, Premier League, etc., but continues ”, wrote a fan on X, appointing all the other sporting properties that were active on Sunday.
“Not everyone is a Christian or Catholic, Phil, another responded.
Son of ministers, Phil Jackson criticizes the NBA for playing on Christian festivals
Phil Jackson, who won 11 champion titles
A person simply wrote that Jackson had a stupid taking ”, while many others reminded the former coach of Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers that Christmas and Easter have links with pagan holidays prior to the birth of Christ.
But Jackson also had his defenders.
“I like this guy now more than ever,” wrote a person.
“Well said, sir,” added another.
A person asked an intriguing question: “When did Phil become a hardcore Christian?”
Known to be interested in oriental philosophies and Amerindian traditions, Jackson is the son of the ministers of the assemblies of God and thought once he was also going to go to the ministry.
In the end, it was discovered by the northern Dakota head coach, Bill Fitch, who would continue to train the Boston Celtics in a title of the NBA in 1981, and later became a second round choice of the New York Knicks in the 1967 draft. Jackson would win two NBA titles while developing a reputation free spirits of the league.
Giannis antetokounmpo prays before the opening of the series of Saturdays against the Indiana Pacers
Jackson was known to be spiritual during his decades by playing and drawing in the NBA
As a coach, he guided the Chicago Bulls from the time of Michael Jordan to six NBA titles before winning five others with Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Along the way, Jackson obtained the nickname of “Master Zen” while sometimes offering criticism of organized religion.
As he said at Chicago Tribune in 1990: “I have always loved the concept of God beyond all that the human spirit can conceive. I think there is a Pantheist-Déiste-American-American religion for the Americans. It sounds faithful to me.
Jackson has been highlighted in recent years after his condemned passage when New York Knicks president ended in 2017. Since then, his ex-fiancée and current owner of Los Angeles Lakers, Jeanie Buss, married actor and actor Jay Mohr.
It is unlikely that the NBA is changing its schedule to adapt to the holidays, especially because they are among the largest money manufacturers in the league. On average, 5 million viewers listened to NBA games at Christmas, which marked an increase of 84% compared to 2023.
