“I haven’t thought about it,” he said. “I haven’t even talked to my agent about trying to get an extension and stuff like that.
“Do I look like I don’t like where I’m at? No. Do I look like I don’t love my teammates? No. I love the way the city embraced me, the way they’ve been supporting me throughout my career here.
“If the Lakers want me to stay here, I’m going to be here. If they want to go in a different way, then, sadly, I’m going to have to go a different way.”
“I’ve yet to experience a two-game road trip to know I can get out of bed and get my clothes on and make it to breakfast in the morning,” Jackson said. “People that have been through this kind of thing have warned me that the telltale sign of fatigue from operations sometimes wear on you.”
Jackson also mentioned that the trip to Hawaii for training camp went well in regards to his health. Phil should know a lot more about his health later in the month with the Lakers embarking on a two game road trip next week (@San Antonio, @Houston), then following it up seven days later with a three game East Coast swing (@Indiana, @Milwaukee, @Boston).
Check back around Thanksgiving for a more definitive answer…. maybe.
