Kobe Bryant Tells Magic Johnson Phil Jackson is Leaving

Phil Jackson‘s contract is up with the Los Angeles Lakers and much of the talk during the NBA playoffs was of Phil leaving LA to coach in New Jersey, Chicago or any place other than the Staples Center. Thanks to Karceno2 we now know what Kobe Bryant thinks Jackson will do. Stuart Scott asked Phil about going for the three-peat after the Lakers defeated the Celtics in Game 7. Jackson said he’ll make his decision in a week but this video shows Bryant telling Magic Johnson that Phil is outta there.

Phil Jackson sat down with Magic Johnson for an interview at the beginning of the 2008-09 season. At the very end of the Q&A Magic asked Phil how long he’d be around. His answer then was let’s take it a year at a time.