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There’s been talks around the league lately that Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson will be fired.  Though the Warriors have turned things around and are playing quite well, some people believe Jackson isn’t the coach to take them all the way.  There’s also talks that Jackson was in LA and Brooklyn angling for coaching jobs there.  Well the Warriors players are standing behind their coach and Jermaine O’Neal considered the notion ridiculous.

Shay Marie

via Oakland Tribune:

Warriors veteran big man Jermaine O’Neal called any talk of firing coach Mark Jackson “ridiculous” and “unfair” before offering a vote of confidence unique to his own NBA career. O’Neal is considering retirement, and if the 35-year-old were to decide to play next season, he said it would be because of Jackson and that the team he would choose would be the Warriors.

“It’s a couple reasons why I will come back,” O’Neal said Saturday. “This fan base, this organization is first class, and obviously my teammates are great, as well. “But the No. 1 reason that I will come back and play another year is because of Coach Jackson. I’m absolutely, 100 percent positive about that. He makes it easy to come in this gym every day, and there’s not a lot of coaches that do that.”