Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson was a surprise visitor at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo on Wednesday, sitting upstairs with his back to reporters who were downstairs covering practice.
Jackson was seen talking with Kurt Rambis, one of his former assistants with the Lakers and New York Knicks and the current senior basketball advisor for the Lakers.
While talking to reporters after practice, Lakers coach Luke Walton said he had not spoken to Jackson, but that the two of them have stayed in contact over the years.
“I haven’t talked to Phil today, but if that’s him, I’ll head upstairs,” said Walton, whose team was leaving Wednesday afternoon for a four-game trip that starts Thursday in Houston.