Can you be both a Zen master and be Machiavellian?
It would appear so if you were Phil Jackson. And 11 title rings means the combination worked.
Former NBA star Robert Horry (who has seven rings himself) was asked by Sports.ru in Russia if the Shaquille O'Neal-Kobe Bryant feud could have been avoided.
His answer (thanks to Alexander Chernykh of Rush 'N Hoops for the translation)
I think Phil Jackson started that feud. It happened many times that after team practice he would say, "Kobe said this about Shaq, and Shaq said that about Kobe… We couldn't believe how could that happen, because just the day before we saw them together, jumping on one another. Phil liked it when there was conflict of some sort.
I always tell people; if you look at those championships, you'll see who were the closest players on the team. Normally those are the guys who are the first to hug each other. And when we were winning, it was always Shaq and Kobe who hugged. I think this will answer your question. Later it was blown out of proportion by the media and both players started doing something that didn't make sense.
Now we know the sound of one hand clapping.
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