Phil Jackson has been away from the Los Angeles Lakers for a season. That doesn't mean he doesn't have an opinion.

Jackson appears tonight on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and talks to Andrea Kremer about the Lakers, Pat Riley, LeBron James and the open coaching jobs in the NBA.

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In this clip that doesn't appear in the broadcast, Jackson explains how executive Jim Buss' appreciation for Andrew Bynum's game changed the tenor of the team.