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Phil Jackson didn’t return to coaching the Lakers for Red Auerbach’s record. Or money. He came back for — a woman. “Without that relationship, he’s not the coach today,” Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. Wait. So, if Phil wasn’t in love with Jeanie Buss, a Lakers executive and the daughter of owner Jerry Buss, there is no Siddhartha presence in the locker room? No winning a 10th NBA coaching title — one more than Auerbach’s nine with the Celtics? “That’s true,” Jackson said. “She’s the Buss that transported Phil back to L.A.”
