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The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.

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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
Basketball Coach
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Deer Lodge
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Philip Douglas Phil Jackson
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The Zen Master
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