Phil Jackson analyzes MJ highlights and the Bulls' triangle offense on 'Detail' | ESPN+

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Phil Jackson breaks down highlights of Michael Jordan and the 1998 Chicago Bulls' triangle offense on "Detail," only on ESPN+.
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[@Kwijiboz]

I'm so glad this series gets to continue, even without Kobe.

[@blogginsriverbymnl48isabop86]

Pretty cool having different players and coaches do this. Thank you Mamba for starting this.

[@myfriendbobby]

Did the usual narrator call in sick before this segment? This sounds like an old white guy.

[@genericname7020]

Jaimee Foxworth Its phil Jackson

[@JaeYoonKimtheProdigalProjayjay]

@@myfriendbobby The usual narrator was Kobe Bryant

[@JosephHMama]

Jaimee Foxworth the usual narrator died bro

[@fake._]

A Triangle analysis of the Bulls by Phil Jackson himself. This is special

[@logicaldude3611]

Let's not forget also that MJ bought into this offense. MJ was furious about it at the beginning in '89. But he bought in. It was an equal opportunity offense where every player had their role. It was just heavily tilted toward MJ when he was on the floor, for good reason. But MJ played his part and was not ball-dominant for the last half of his career. He was still the scoring champ and the Bulls started winning rings over and over. I don't think there's ever been a greater player who exhibited more humility in order to win than MJ. Just plain and simple. The ball almost always found its way into his hands, but the offense worked the same when he wasn't on the floor. That's why the Bulls were so great.

[@fake._]

@@logicaldude3611 My focus was on Phil dude. No need to write me an essay amigo.

[@reflux1059]

@@fake._ hella rude response tf?

[@Nicolas815]

@@fake._ why are u so pressed lmfao

[@csuszi11]

@@fake._ btw the tringle was not Phil's invention

[@DrChimp369]

Man I miss Kobe running this show😪

[@pericopinero1035]

TheLilZoomer04 maaan😭.. but I'm glad that they got Phil Jackson to do this. It's only right considering his connection with both MJ and Kobe.

[@pittaaaabread]

@CODE92818 what are you talking about.

[@coreycharles3826]

@Jeremy Cartwright what does that have to do with his comment

[@its_hokori]

@Jeremy Cartwright all team sports* Muhammad ali is the GOAT of all sports

[@TheFirstGroover]

I was thinking the same.. that light spot Is now him showing some skills from above. 🙏

[@cactusjack2264]

Why doesn’t this have more views? This is GOAT level material.

[@SpeakEnglishwithHelptoachieve]

Because people do not want to watch the science and beauty of the game to uderstand it , they rather watch dribble, dribble,dribble , take 4 steps back in shoot

[@babyfacelatino8562]

DonDada because people don’t want to see ball movement at is finest!! All this kids wanna se is players taking 13 three’s a game

[@_migs._.19]

Because they don't believe MJ is the GOAT.

[@joshuachang5210]

@@SpeakEnglishwithHelptoachieve or they prefer people wrestling around and blame how "soft" nowadays is

[@joshuachang5210]

@@_migs._.19 or maybe it's just that I'd rather have Tex Winter, the real master of the triangle offense. What is Phil Jackson the GOAT in? Probably player's mental management. He is able to get the best out of the players spiritually.

[@Sticktothemodels]

This system is the reason Kobe & MJ had low apg numbers but casuals wouldn’t know that

[@bwink23]

Exactly, it equal opportunity offense. it was predicated on so many different mechanisms, not one guy at the top of the key handling the ball, pounding the air out of it, and choosing when to pass.

[@fordatimebeing]

Before Phil took over Jordan averaged 35 8 and 8

[@mqmoreno2368]

Real Brethem but they had high championships numbers

[@omidnamin9004]

the sport has turned into a stat sheet. win or lose... but he got a useless triple double

[@newrecruit100]

TheCubanMissile why the warriors were so dominant. Had high IQ players who didn’t need the ball to score.

[@SMCandLS]

I would’ve loved to see Kobe’s reaction to the documentary and him breaking down this tape watching it made me sad about Kobe again

[@eking5715]

Kobe is in one of these episodes per the trailer. That's going to be tough to watch.

[@frankenviews4069]

Saeed Villanueva yeah, Kobe was a Jordan Super Stan. He would have loved to see the documentary, maybe more than anyone

[@sonnywoods6846]

ISn't Kobe is in the documentary?

[@MattGarcyaDC]

Kobe could be on that mj documentary

[@myfriendbobby]

Did the usual narrator call in sick before this segment? This sounds like an old white guy.

[@Dafelle]

The content we don’t deserve but need

[@tufoinproductions]

Phil is hitting the clicker or keyboard hard as a mug

[@MrUrkel0730]

😆😆

[@the-seed-sower761]

😂😂

[@JackCity08401]

How hard is a mug?

[@mattcox3373]

Ok

[@alvojnikovic2171]

Jack City pretty hard

[@truthteller4442]

One of the main keys/benefits to the triangle is it doesn't give you time to think about how you might screw up, like in iso-ball, and other weaker offenses with less movement. In the triangle, there is constant movement, and a smooth flow. It relaxes your brain and puts your brain and body in a good cohesive state. Good muscle memory.

[@VM0625]

Also aided by the ridiculous defensive rules that didn’t allow zones and double teams

[@mrfatuchi]

@@VM0625 What? Double and triple teams were allowed, zones werent. Also Kerr runs the version of triangle adopted to today's rules and play styles.

[@saz19s8]

It’s weird not hearing Kobe’s voice on Detail, but Phil Jackson is just as legendary

[@myfriendbobby]

Did the usual narrator call in sick before this segment? This sounds like an old white guy.

[@saz19s8]

Jaimee Foxworth bruh the narrator is Phil Jackson 😂😂😂

[@mikespee]

The master himself.. Phil Jackson is underrated for what he achieved. Respect to Phil

[@Crosby-uq8kh]

Jaimee Foxworth one of the greatest coaches of all time 🤦

[@TUBESTEAKNIG]

I hope everyone realizes what a gift this is. Any time you get to hear from the Zen Master himself it's a great opportunity to learn.

[@anthony20331]

TUBESTEAKNIG ny will gladly disagree

[@myfriendbobby]

Did the usual narrator call in sick before this segment? This sounds like an old white guy.

[@dombriant4678]

Anthony Sciortino Nah the thing is he hired the wrong people to run his triangle. If he anything he should have been the coach, and some of the personnel were not buying into the triangle, hence disgruntled players who were just looking more for stats which is why the triangle never worked.

[@DELTACO..UBERDRIVER..STOCKS..]

If you're a NBA prospect other than that why should anyone care

[@playthatagainbruh394]

Would be interested to see the late Tex break this down

[@jclingad9589]

When Phil speaks..You Listen. THE GOAT COACH. Make Phil a regular on ESPN.

[@spinedoc18]

Tell that to Melo. And Porzingis who stood up PJ at the exit interview.

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

@@spinedoc18 Great coach? Yeah. Great exec? Not so much...

[@nathanhosea489]

@@spinedoc18 He wasn't coaching the both of them, though. He was their executive, and he was bad as their executive.

[@spinedoc18]

@@nathanhosea489 No excuse for a 20 year old to stand him up by not attending his exit interview. That got my attention about KP's character. And Melo rejected being "coached" by PJ in order to bring his game higher. Jordan and Kobe accepted it, learned from him, and became who they were.

[@ruchpat1]

Rest In Peace Gianna Bryant and Kobe Bryant.

[@EZYxProven]

I hate how you don't mention the other people that died with them

[@oneman9121]

I think fans don’t actually understand how disciplined Jordan was. He played in very restrictive systems with Dean Smith/Phil Jackson, yet rarely did he ever free-lance & break the offense. And when he did, it was usually at the end of game situations where possessions were more limited. Just look at how he scored. There was no wasted dribble & he rarely forced shots. Even during Kobe’s last two titles, the Lakers broke out of the triangle on a regular basis and free-lanced the offense.

[@heartbreakskeechie5522]

3 quarters triangle, 4th quarter Kobe time 👑

[@DarkWanderer666]

"But Rodman is a little bit high..." I think Rodman is always high.

[@mattcox3373]

Violent Delights ok

[@rumbajuice]

I hope Jordan goes and makes at least one episode, detailing Kobe's game. That'd be the ultimate tribute.

[@goldenstatewarriors4011]

Two of the best offensive strategies in the 90s. Bulls' triangle offense and Jazz's pick and roll

[@mateoescobar4234]

Pick and roll Lakers and Celtics in the 80’s, Jazz in 90’s, Spurs and Warriors in the 20’s

[@franciscomedinav]

Ron Harper was a key player. Very smart. He knew how to play the game. He performed a great role in the team.

[@desayuno_psicodelico]

He was a star before his injury, top 3 defender on that team

[@red23rd]

And he was a great defender

[@juventinos81]

@@red23rd with jordan everyone became good defender because defense is more effort than talent and jordan demanded effort at 100%.

[@red23rd]

@@juventinos81 Yeah, I really thinks MJ made his teammates better..

[@ZekeSage3]

Thanks so much for continuing this Phil. I still think about Kobe every day. He got so much of his inspiration from you. It’s a blessing to learn from my hero’s teacher

[@jayperalta7104]

I always appreciate watching a good play. But having someone explaining the execution in depth the way Phil did.. mind blown!

[@dyslexicbien]

Rodman explained it perfectly. Search it

[@maxmx767]

11 Rings but They say Triangle doesn’t work 😂😂😂😂

[@leod8489]

Who said tht? Seriously

[@Flyguykeeman]

It honestly doesn’t you need to recheck stats

[@maxmx767]

Keenan Forbes Please let me know how many Rings Phil won

[@PetsNLuv]

@@maxmx767 "goteem"

[@monolithgeometry3221]

Who says ?

[@BigPoppa23]

That's awesome how he broke down the triangle. Great video! ✌️

[@angelocadag4551]

Steve Kerr has learned a lot from his team and coach back in his Bulls time. I think he had applied these plays for his Warriors team.

[@gezza7718]

I’ve watched basketball for years but never through a coach’s eyes. Love this stuff - almost want to re-watch every game to see the missed details.

[@vinhduong1469]

Pretty awesome to see Phil even provide critiques of his team footage from over 20 years ago. Probably seen a lot of opportunities from plays that did result in an efficient basket.

[@xyxean]

This narrator is knows what he's talking about, he should definitely coach in the NBA

[@patarcher9199]

Phil did a great job of getting his great iso players (Kobe and Mike) spacing and 1 on 1 looks

[@jordanpaullagos8659]

in love the offense. been tryna get my hands on everyhing that is out there. this is gold righr here.

[@hotfarts6731]

3:10 - "Dennis opts to go weak side for some reason". Lol! Yep. That was Rodman. He was a beast when it came to crashing the boards though, and provided a large number of second opportunity shots for his team.

[@alexpoke7610]

Ran the triangle in high school. It was so advanced that back then that didnt cared for it. But the older I get the more I more I appreciate it. It’s a high level style of offense but deadly when the whole team understands it

[@dvdgway]

I really love this and hopefully get more of these

[@wysiwygtol3921]

A master piece at work. Amazing!

[@jonathangary5118]

Man the art of team work.Beautiful Game

[@mistameff3528]

I cant give enough credit to the assistant coach Tex Winter, who came up with it. There are master minds behind the game that dont get enough credit.

[@MrCN173]

Grew up watching this generation of NBA players/coaches. Nice to hear nuances of the triangle explained by Coach 👍🏻👍🏻

[@yjkgbybtb4462]

I could listen to Phil narrate Jordans plays all day. Please ESPN pay Phil to narrate and share his thoughts on some of MJs craziest plays.

[@TUBESTEAKNIG]

They couldn't pay him enough haha. I don't think Phil likes doing this kind of stuff regularly. He's too old now.

[@Whyinem]

Love this! Back to the glory days!

[@Crosby-uq8kh]

11 championships two three peats with Chicago and one with the Lakers plus two more. He also won these rings while coaching some of the biggest egos in nba history Jordan, Kobe, Shaq, Rodman etc. The greatest basketball coach to ever live period

[@Crosby-uq8kh]

An absolute basketball super genius he should teach his basketball philosophies around the world!!!!

[@OGGOAT23]

Reminds me of GSW offense screens cutting

[@marc-anthonykendall7779]

Yeah Kerr implemented a lot of stuff from other systems he was apart of. The triangle, ball movement from Spurs etc.

[@rahsaannoor7360]

More Phil Jackson please!

[@LeeLexington-cx6ir]

Best offense of all time. We ran it during our championship run in middle school

[@HardSeltzerTrap]

So Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@grantdungan6074]

Wow amazing could watch this for hours

[@coachprescott72]

Love these

[@TShorty929]

Thanks to Phil for this. I looked forward to years of Kobe’s analysis. I don’t want to see Detail die

[@MrEOM41]

2:01 “Within this offense you have complete freedom” -Kobe Bryant

[@ruchpat1]

Can you make more videos like this especially during the rare fast breaks you occasionally ran.

[@OscarBenben]

Thank’s coach

[@dr_IkjyotSinghKohli]

People who have criticized Phil Jackson for years saying nonsensical statements like "anyone can win with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen", don't realize how sophisticated the triangle offense was. They also don't realize Michael played in a non-triangle system from 1984, and didn't win until Phil Jackson was his coach!

[@ealicer81]

Ikjyot Singh Kohli lol the Bulls already went to the conference finals under Doug Collins. It was only a matter time, the Bulls would have still won with or without Phil. What happened to Phil when he was with Knicks again?

[@emekaamerican863]

@@ealicer81 Phil wasn't coaching the Knicks at all. You made no points. The facts are that MJ won with Phil and didn't want no other coach besides Phil.

[@sh0ckzs325]

@@ealicer81 Phil wasnt a coach with the Knicks... Just look at his success with that offense with the Lakers and Bulls. The lakers didnt even win withouth Phil

[@maxmx767]

ealicer81 Was Phil coaching the Knicks??? 😂😂😂

[@dr_IkjyotSinghKohli]

@@ealicer81 I don't think you have watched how the Bulls played under Doug Collins. They had NO possibility to win a championship. Further, the Knicks were a disaster, precisely because everyone had their own opinion on how to run the team, Dolan had his ears filled by Steve Mills (who has since been fired), Fisher didn't want to run the triangle (he ran his own "Version" of it), Hornacek made a mockery of Phil's system as well. The only reason Phil was fired from NYK was because of people like you that were very vocal in Dolan's ear.

[@cassandramcbride242]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[@nonameisthename138]

Absolutely the greatest team of the late 90s!!

In history, the greatest team in history of any sport.

[@GuitarTablatureSkill]

Kobe analyzes from player perspective & Phil from coach perspective, either of them are giving wonderful insight. In future, would love to hear Pop / Kerr / TD in the line, too.

[@justinmunson624]

Steve Kerr has been about that ball movement

[@Casatoman]

Reminds me of the flex offense from high school. We knew how to defend. Lots of back picks

[@justtry8552]

Kobe would be so happy that Phil did this.

[@mobilehub6607]

WoW genius! tnx for the info

[@bons244]

So satisfying to see the off-ball movement of literally everyone in the team. Young players today don't have this - some lack the knowledge or skill to do it, but many are simply unwilling to put in work when they don't have the ball in their hands.

[@EWang-yn5sy]

It's easy to find out Steve Kerr developed a lot of plays from trangle offense. He just turned the mid-range shot to threes

[@nigew25]

Love it!

[@charliemurphy8416]

I love that Phil is analyzing this for us. But it hurts to not have Kobe analyze this for us.

[@MrRGM10]

Smart passing for the perfect offense balance attack. No stat padding gotta love the defense to. Harder to score not like todays game

[@paulmkz]

This offense produced shot from 3, mid range, and at the rim. Perfect offense little dribbling, lots of movement without the ball, mainly about cuts and good passes. Perfect

[@brandoncave-wynter6987]

Thank you PJ for continuing what Kobe started.

[@itsdashoes]

Beautiful basketball

[@aaronharris5069]

The Zen Master is a coaching maestro. Probably the best to ever do it in the modern era.

[@donuts24]

Legend

[@alvojnikovic2171]

1:43 I love how Phil remembers the fact that Rodman missed the first and made the second attempt. Ridiculously good memory.

[@toxinqwerty]

More like he reviewed the footage beforehand lol.

[@andrewm000]

When a NBA player say$ that the TRIANGLE does NOT work, he is just saying "I don't want to share the ball nor do I want to be fundamentally sound"

[@EduardoOliveira-zx9ju]

Usually those players are focusing on getting paid and making the stat sheet look good

[@breadedchicken952]

Triangle isnt really that good though

[@viksaggu9085]

So cool.

[@MisterTurner-ex1fv]

Wow 😯 This was very efficient offense ✅

[@twill83020]

So awesome to hear the master break down the triangle offense

[@christineveneracion9201]

Magnificent strategy!

[@jhelynlunio4061]

The genius of the court Only phil jackson can do this Like MJ and kobe to oniel

[@freddesmet259]

Good basketball is simple. It's the players that make it complicated.

[@eyev5085]

Phil jackson made MJ and Kobe legends.

[@JeetMamba]

This should be called Kobe Bryant’s “detail”.

[@934ist]

Absolutely.

[@TheJRo]

jeet -💯

[@jermainetraylor842]

At this point it doesn't matter his company has producer rights so his wife is still getting paid

[@WhipahSnapah]

Yes, it should.

[@kenshinhimura8708]

Jermaine Traylor how do you know if the company is actually supporting Vanessa?

[@lordlefty690]

Miss you kobe

[@originalclassics]

i wanna see D'antoni do one for the Harden offensive strategy lol

[@makedredd299]

1. Dribble up the court. 2. Double step-back. 3. Shoot.

[@originalclassics]

@@makedredd299 brilliant

[@bblaam27]

I had no idea all this goes on in a course of a game wow. It makes me appreciate all the greats that much more.

[@omidnamin9004]

god i miss this nba. what happened to this wonderful sport??? just a bunch of guys chucking 3s left and right

[@umarb7325]

Yeah because every ream in the 90s used the triangle. Stop pretending you even know what happened

[@ealicer81]

umar b yes not every team use the triangle but every team has an inside-outside offense. Not like today almost every team just jocking up shooting 3s

[@solidtron1965]

Blame Dwight Howard and the magic from 07-10. They were leading the league in 3pa/Fgm. It's crazy how they were such a deadly 3point team and that style adapted well with today's league

[@leod8489]

Analytics jacked it up

[@starkk19]

The Spurs and Warriors have been using a lot of triangle concepts for several years now and the Celtics and the Raptors are running very good offensive systems as well. But yeah casuals be just "Oh everyone is just chucking up 3s nowadays!" and think that the all teams in the NBA in the 90s ran this kind of complicated offense(news flash: Most 90s teams just straight up called isos all day).

[@rowiepalacpac9914]

1:33 figuratively and literally

[@creampie86]

todays nba players: give me the ball i'm open on the 3 point line!

[@thebroketube4658]

Phil Jackson continuing Kobes show.... Respect.

[@josemejia9831]

Who else in here would like to hear Coach Pop do one of these videos for the 2014 spurs 😎how they moved the ball so well that year

[@rgi8426]

Probably the most basic rule of the triangle offense is someone has to be available to play Filler. Probably because of how plays were executed back in the day, where it was most of the time a 2 man setup, like the stockton to malone pick and roll. In the triangle offense, there has to be someone to fill the third leg of the triangle every play no matter the play.

[@blantant]

Fox, Horry, Fisher were amazing complimentary pieces. Triangle is a thing of beauty. Modern spacing is lame.

[@mattcox3373]

Brilliant

[@Kolegate]

Tex Winter was a basketball genius.

[@cheesyyywitit9245]

This explains why the warriors offense looked so good and swift w a lot of off ball movement

[@davedropd1]

The Zen Master showing you the triangle offense with little pauses and spotlights this is priceless... Bulls Basketball!!!

[@shawnnewcomer4879]

You hear his age man, it seems like yesterday he was an energetic young man... chillin on the subway🤙

[@LoveMeBack]

@1.41 Pure genius that screen.

[@jabzfrost]

I LOVE PHIL JACKSON!

[@garrikenglish1332]

He was a brother to MJ and father to kobe.

[@garrikenglish1332]

Theres only one goat and that's MJ the original

[@theofficialgreenkane9645]

For all you kiddies learning, Phil Jackson (11 rings) is the GOAT of Coaches. Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant Shaquille O'Neal This man coached 3/10 of the greatest basketball players in NBA history.

[@RGandRea]

Looks like Steve Kerr uses this play a lot in the Warriors.

[@Mike-up6qb]

Never ending analysis.

[@dchang11]

I want to see Steve Kerr breakdown his method of the triangle offense at Golden State. He uses a hybrid of Phil Jackson's style with the spacing and pace of Gregg Popovich.

[@trysephiroth007]

"On this play Steph pulled up from 40 and made it"

[@wavebuurgslim2063]

The warriors ran a lot of these actions.. the triangle is still alive and well in the nba

[@tjmc6332]

Their basketball I.Q. Is mind blowing🤯

[@MattGarcyaDC]

Phil remembering the names of his players

[@KMY17PHX]

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