Justin Kubatko: In what may have been his final game in a @Toronto Raptors uniform, Kyle Lowry was +42 in last night’s 135-111 win over the Nuggets. Since the NBA started tracking plus-minus in 1996-97, the only Raptor with a a higher such figure in a game is Mark Jackson (+46 on Nov. 7, 2000). pic.twitter.com/sVFHwedU4C
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Mark Jackson
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Born: 04/01/65
Height: 6-3 / 1.91
Weight:195 lbs. / 88.5 kg.
Earnings: $38,885,000 ($62,516,246*)
Born: 04/01/65
Height: 6-3 / 1.91
Weight:195 lbs. / 88.5 kg.
Earnings: $38,885,000 ($62,516,246*)
Stefan Bondy: Julius Randle now has a triple double. He is the first Knick to record two triple doubles in a season since Mark Jackson, according to MSG Network.
Ira Winderman: With tonight’s appearance, LeBron James will tie Mark Jackson for 23rd on the NBA’s all-time games-played list, with 1,296 regular-season appearances.
Nearing seven years since he was fired by Golden State, Mark Jackson remains eager for coaching work and still unable to find an opportunity. The former Knick acknowledged that the “narrative” surrounding his stint with the Warriors is a factor in being blackballed, and Jackson specifically defended himself against the accusation that he forced Steph Curry to go to church to heal his balky ankle. “When you make a statement and say I force folks to come to church — are you kidding me? What sense does that make?” Jackson said on ‘The Boardroom: Out of Office Podcast” with host Rich Kleiman. “Never in my life have I forced people to go to church.”
The book portrayed Curry as a willing participant in the ceremony, but the public reaction was a fanatical Jackson had forced intense religion on his player. “First of all, Steph Curry believes if he goes to God in prayer, he will be healed from his ankle issues. Steph Curry himself believes that. So therefore if it did happen, or if it didn’t happen, at the end of the day, he’s healed,” Jackson said on the podcast. “And I thank God that he’s healed and he went on to become one of the truly great players in this game, a superstar and a class act.”
Diamond Leung: Rick Welts on the losing culture that’d been in the Warriors locker room: “In our locker room where I would credit a coach by the name of Mark Jackson, who came in and really changed the attitude of our players and who started to expect to win.”
