Phil Jackson coached some of the greatest players in NBA history, a list that includes Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and Scottie Pippen. There is, however, one surprising player that Jackson also wishes he could have coached during his legendary career.
While he could have picked a more decorated player, Jackson instead chose Christian Laettner, an iconic college player at Duke who went onto have a long but largely underwhelming 13-year NBA career. Jackson feels that he could have possibly gotten more out of Laettner during his time in the NBA had he gotten the chance to coach him.
"I think Laettner is like one of the guys, I thought, never really got to play the way he was capable of playing in the NBA ," Jackson said in an interview Dan Patrick. "I would like to c

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