‘All the best’ from Phil

December 20th, 2007, 4:37 pm · Post a Comment · posted by KEVIN DING, OCREGISTER.COM

CLEVELAND — Had occasion to observe just how many autographs Phil Jackson is asked to sign — and will comply to sign — during dinner Wednesday night in Cleveland. If it’s this hard to get through a dinner in Cleveland, think about what it’s like in some other cities.

Anyway, Jackson was very agreeable to pretty much everything — and it was a lot, to the point that it seemed as if the waiter was getting a percentage on all the requests. One fellow diner came over to the table in person to tell Jackson that he made “$30 million” in business as a result of the Bulls’ 1990s success — um, OK — and as a token of his appreciation presented Jackson with a ring made out of a dollar bill.

Sounds kind of lame, but it was at least a nice gesture.

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