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Lakers Coach Phil Jackson sets priorities beyond winning in exhibition play
He sees it as a time to give young players a chance, tinker with lineups, challenge some veterans and see which players will round out the end of the bench this season. > The Lakers are 1-2 in exhibition play, not that Phil Jackson is worried about it.
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BallerBlogger.com — ... Mike Bresnahan of The Los Angeles Times:  “This is a time for the young ones, not the veterans, in Jackson’s mind. It’s a time to tinker with lineups, zing 6-foot-10 ball-handling forwards about not being in shape and see which players will round out the end of the bench. ‘We always know that our game is going to take a little longer time to gel than most other teams,’ he said. ‘We do have most of our veterans back, but this is a time for us to play some younger players that we want to look it. Until the last of the exhibition games, ...

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