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Farewell, Phil Jackson, by Way of Lewis Carroll

By Tom Scocca
May 09, 20114:08 PM
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A word ladder, also known as a doublet , to escort the NBA’s most book-slinging coach into retirement :

LAKERS
FAKERS
FADERS
WADERS
WATERS
TATERS
TASERS
LASERS
LOSERS
POSERS

(Yes, there’s a shorter chain, but it’s the journey, not the destination.)

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