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D'Antoni Gets Permission to Talk to Knicks

With thanks to our good friends at Bright Side of the Sun, KTAR in Arizona is reporting that Mike D'Antoni has been granted permission to talk to the Knicks and Bulls about vacant coaching positions.

D'Antoni was previously denied permission to speak with any team, Suns GM Steve Kerr told KTAR last week.

Kerr and owner Robert Sarver met with D'Antoni for a lunch meeting on Friday to discuss his future with Phoenix, but it was reported a decision would not be made until later in the week.

ESPN.com reported Friday that Chicago has emerged as the most likely landing spot for D'Antoni if he leaves Phoenix.

Bulls management contacted D'Antoni's agent last week, according to sources close to the subject.

D'Antoni, who has two years and $8.5 million left on his contract, would likely have to resign if he departed for Chicago.

First off, Chicago sounds like a better bet for D'Antoni. But say he is really interested in the Knicks spot? What do we think of him? Do remember that his only NBA coaching work was leading a run-and-gun offense with a two-time MVP at the point and an array of All-Star caliber weapons at other positions. He seems like a great guy and a fun coach, but does he fit a turnaround project with serious defensive flaws? I'm not so sure. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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My feelings...

What the Knicks have to offer (over the Bulls, or Raptors, or whoever):

1. Money. Lots of it.
2. No-lose scenario. If the Knicks suck, no one blames Mike. If they succeed, he’s the genius of all time, though.
3. A team with similarities to the Suns. Namely, they don’t play any defense.

It isn’t going to happen. But it’s nice to see Walsh doing the right thing, and going after the best available out there, even if they have little interest in the job. Due diligence and all that.

by stopmikelupica on May 5, 2008 6:29 PM EDT   0 recs

d'antoni

sounds absolutely wrong for a team like the knicks. the team needs to be taught defense and, as mentioned in the post, d’antoni is used to working with all-star caliber players. there’s no way he’d work on a team like ours.

in reference to the “2008 mvp” advertisement hosted by “sodahead.com” (?), i am going to have to vote for derrick rose, who narrowly beats out kevin garnett in a lakers jersey. nice ad, guys, and for the sake of the website, i hope you aren’t reading this.

by SamH on May 5, 2008 6:37 PM EDT   0 recs

don't get it

makes no sense either

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by Seth on May 5, 2008 6:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Uh

that’s chris paul kobe and lebron.. i might be mistaken. However garnett looks pretty terribly photoshopped on their.

I was listening to the radio and they made reference to how D’antoni doesn’t develop players well. I don’t think we need that here. He will probably goto the Bulls anyway, they already have an established team that just had a down year last year.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
http://vramb.blogspot.com/

by THEWILLY on May 5, 2008 7:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

looks like derrick rose to me...

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by Seth on May 5, 2008 7:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it probably is. i misuse my there their and they’res so nobody should listen to me anyway.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
http://vramb.blogspot.com/

by THEWILLY on May 5, 2008 8:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

clarifying

by website i was referring to “sodahead.com”... i’m just trying to figure out how much one gets paid to put an ad like that together

by SamH on May 6, 2008 3:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Agree with defense

rather have a guy like JVG or Jack there

by Arichmix on May 5, 2008 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

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