Exactly, he's trying to save face. Anyone who can't notice that is straight blind.
When has Phil ever voluntarily been SO ACTIVE in the media when not needed? The dude vacations in Montana (which is beautiful by the way). He's LOW-KEY thick and thin.
He's obviously trying to do damage control for how bad he is looking through all these recent reports. His reputation is at stake and he's going to try to do his best to look like the innocent good guy who got played.
@ anyone who thinks Phil wasn't toying with Jerry Buss with some of those requests. Not only that, but telling them that he'll get back to them in a few days? C'mon man...in such a time sensitive situation. You either wanna coach or you don't. The funny thing is he did, but he wanted to play chess while the Lakers wanted to play checkers. He lost.