Tex Winter
American basketball coach (1922–2018)
Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter was an American basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense, an offensive system that became the dominant force in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and resulted in 11 NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2000s under head coach Phil Jackson, with Winter an assistant coach to Jackson on the first nine of those championship teams; and a consultant for the 2008-09 Lakers' championship team. In 2002, after the Lakers won their third consecutive NBA championship, the team made rings for the players and coaches honoring Winter. On the front of the jewel-encrusted ring was a design with several triangles, honoring Winter’s triangle offense.
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