| Show fines Jackson for negative comments Mike Bresnahan Los Angeles Times The struck back Phil Jackson and the Lakers' Lakers organization were each fined by bythe bythe bythe the Thursday for Jacksons Jackson's public criticism of the league Weve made our opinion clear and have been penalized by the league for doing so Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak said We have nothing more to say on the issue Jackson launched a defense of Kobe Bryant Bryanton on Tuesday saying there was a vendetta from the league against the Lakers' Lakers Star All-Star and that they have a witch hunt going on Jackson did not think he would be fined saying Wednesday it didn't even enter the equation in his mind because they know that theres there's a corrective person out here that speaks the truth Jackson was mostly restrained with his words as Bryant was hit with hit with two one-game one suspensions in a week five-week span but the Lakers' Lakers coach delivered a withering criticism of the league after Bryant was hit with a Flagrant Foul I 1 Ia Ia a few days after elbowing Philadelphia forward Kyle Korver in the jaw Jackson who makes 10 million annually has now been fined by the league twice this season He was hit with a penalty in November after criticizing the referees following a Lakers' Lakers loss in Utah |
