It doesn’t have to be the holiday season for Los Angeles Lakers head coach and Zenmaster Phil Jackson to give his players books. He’s handed out Ecce Homo, My Losing Season, and The White Boy Shuffle to show “that I appreciate them and am focused on who they are.” With technology quickly erasing the print platform it’s time for Big Chief Phil and the Lakers to catch up with the times.

Phil has to realize books are played. Unless they’re being used as a gaming system stand or hollowed out to carry some of Humboldt County’s finest, a book is a mini-anchor with words. You have to turn the pages to keep reading and if you collect enough of them you’re gonna need a bookshelf. That’s too much trouble to put Kobe, and the rest of the guys through. It’s time to turn to the Amazon Kindle.

The Starting Five version of the Kindle:

The End of the Bench version of the Kindle:

Using the Kindle will raise the chance of the players reading the books Phil gives them by 25 percent. I’ll say it’ll be around New Year’s Eve before Ron Artest figures out you can’t use the machine to tweet.