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Former Bulls and Lakers coach Phil Jackson criticizes NBA as ‘catering’ and being too political

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Former Bulls coach Phil Jackson criticized the NBA for being too political.

Phil Jackson was trending on the internet Saturday when comments circulated from his appearance on the podcast “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” saying that he doesn’t watch the NBA because it’s too political.

In the conversation, which was published April 5, the Hall of Fame coach revealed to the music mogul that he hasn’t watched the NBA since the 2020 bubble season, calling the modified postseason format “wanky.”

“They did something that was kind of wanky, they did a bubble down in Orlando and all the teams that could qualify went down there and stayed down there,” he said.