Jeanie buss The Lakers coach has been involved in a relationship with owner Jerry Buss' daughter and team executive vice president of business operations, Jeanie, for several years
When asked about how the void of Butler will affect the Mavs' season, Jackson told The Los Angeles Times, "He just leaves a vacuum that's going to be very hard for them to fill.
While the Lakers ( struggling this season, the Mavs (25-8) are second only to the Spurs in the Western Conference.
First of all, this line of humor doesn't even make sense. Jackson always criticizes other teams. It's kinda his thing. He said the Rockets' championships in the '90s shouldn't count because Michael Jordan had retired. He discounted the Spurs' first title because it came in the lockout-shortened 1999 season. He chirped about Erik Spoelstra's job security. I mean, if someone told you that an NBA head coach criticized another team publicly, your first guess had better be Phil Jackson. Otherwise, you just aren't paying attention.So the actual substance of Cuban's ha-ha is lame. But the tone? That is remarkable in its childishness. Upon reading the quotes, I half-expected them to be followed with a request for an ice cream cake and two quarters for the Area 51 machine. (Hey, can I get two quarters for Area 51? That game was dope.
Cuban scoffed Tuesday evening at reporters’ questions about whether this affected the Mavs’ approach in the trade market. He kept his answers brief, saying they’d be “opportunistic,” as always.But Cuban was a bit more talkative while jabbing at Jackson, poking fun at the legendary coach’s romantic relationship with Lakers owner Jerry Buss’ daughter and team executive vice president of business operations, Jeanie, in the process.I love that Jeanie Buss’ boy-toy had something to say about us,” Cuban said while sweating on the stair-stepping machine in the Mavs’ workout room.
