Posted: Thursday January 19, 2012 1:57PM ; Updated: Thursday
January 19, 2012 1:57PM Sam Amick  Lakers assistant Person talks
new coach Brown, Kobe, much more  Story Highlights  Chuck Person
is the lone holdover on the Lakers staff since Phil Jackson's
exit  Of the greats he's seen, Person said Kobe is the closest
guy to Michael Jordan  Brown understands Person's desire to head
coach and will help him get there  Decrease font Decrease font
Enlarge font Enlarge font Assistant coach Chuck Person said the
Lakers are Assistant coach Chuck Person said the Lakers are "as
good as anyone" to win it all this year. Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE
via Getty Images NBA Team Page  LOS ANGELES -- When Chuck Person
joined the Lakers as a special assistant in 2009, the widely
held assumption around the NBA was that his real title was
something else entirely: Ron Artest's life coach.  The two were
forever linked by that infamous day on Nov. 19, 2004, the Malice
at the Palace. Artest rampaged into the stands during the brawl
between th