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Jackson will mull over career plans at mountain retreat

Posted: Friday June 27, 2003 4:55 PM
Updated: Friday June 27, 2003 6:08 PM
  Phil Jackson Phil Jackson hopes to get his tenth championship this coming season. Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Phil Jackson leaves for Montana on Saturday to begin his summer vacation and ponder his future as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jackson has one year left on his contract. He recently met with Lakers owner Jerry Buss to discuss an extension.

A report in Friday's Daily News of Los Angeles that said Jackson has decided to coach the Lakers for three more years is premature, team spokesman John Black said.

"Phil is going to take the summer to think about it," Black said. "He will make a decision on his future later this summer."

Black said it would be presumptuous to say Buss made Jackson an offer during their recent meeting.

While Jackson is in Montana, Buss is vacationing in Europe until late August.


 
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