SPRINGFIELD, MA - AUGUST 12: Tex Winter, center, is inducted as his son Chris Winter speaks on his behalf while as Phil Jackson looks on during the Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on August 12, 2011 in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
Tex Winter is an important part of Los Angeles Lakers history.
In sports, we sometimes see many assistant coaches who may not have had the best run when and if they were the actual head coach. Their greatest work came not as the head coach but perhaps as an assistant.