Mike D’Antoni Resigned as Coach of the Knicks (I guess Carmelo Anthony Wins?) [UPDATE]
Mike D’Antoni has resigned as coach of the Knicks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports.
I’m speechless.
Feel free to disregard this.
Guess Carmelo Anthony won, and damn, he better win on the court now.
[UPDATE: Howard Beck of the Times tweets that players are stunned and upset.]
[UPDATE: John Calipari with a cryptic tweet about not being interested in the Knicks job.]
Previously: Carmelo Anthony Has Played 59 Games with the Knicks, But Everyone Already Wants Him Out of Town
Previously: Jeremy Lin Blocked Derrick Rose’s Shot, But the Knicks Lost Their 6th Straight Game
Previously: Jeremy Lin Had an Awful Game Against the NBA’s Best Team. You Jumping Off the Bandwagon?
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March 14th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Well this is just Linsane.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Now Carmelo has no excuse.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
To be fair to D’Antoni, they never really gave him the PG to make his system work. It was working (in a way) with Felton, but then he was traded for Melo. Then Lin looked promising…then Melo came back.
Seeing a pattern here.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Well this is just Linsane.
Linsanity has nothing on MELOdrama!!
March 14th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Fantastic.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
He won’t need one.
He’ll have plenty of acolytes make up excuses for him.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
OMG! Mike Woodson may make a run at Coach of the Year after all!
March 14th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
I’ll try this again. Since the server is garbage. Carmelo for Stuckey, Prince and a 1st.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
http://ewinsidetv.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/king.jpg
March 14th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Oh, my god, here comes Zeke Pt. II!
March 14th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
OMG! Mike Woodson may make a run at Coach of the Year after all!
/cotdamn moderation
March 14th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
I’m saddened none of the commentariat noticed that in the last post, TBL said Carmelo’s point guard last year was Raymond Felton.
Felton sucks, but he was also one of the guys that NYK traded to get Carmelo.
/Details!
March 14th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Some thoughts (and yes, I am repeating a point):
1). The Knicks never really gave D’Antoni a chance to succeed. His best PG was Felton…and we traded him plus 40 guys for Melo. D’Antoni’s system thrives on a PG who’s able to distribute.
2). The Knicks never really gave D’Antoni ANYTHING to work with. They threw money at guys that never paned out.
3). James Dolan is a dick and is ruining the franchise. As long as he’s there the team is beyond fucked.
4). Mike Woodson isn’t the answer.
5). Calipari/Sloan/Jackson aren’t coming to NY, so lets just stop that now.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Nobody reads the posts.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
I don’t care what anyone says, this is Melo’s fault. The team was at .500 and lost like 2 games with Lin at the helm, and Amare as the second fiddle. In D’Antoni’s system, the PG rules the play. Carmelo is a stat chaser more concerned about his own stats than he is about winning, which is why he was griping he didn’t get the ball in isolation. Lin began second guessing himself with every Carmelo stare down when he wasn’t passed the ball, and the end result is this.
Lin hasn’t exactly been spectacular since Melo’s return, and I’m going to say that a large part of that is just Melo’s overwhelming presence out there. He wants the ball and Lin doesn’t feel comfortable shooting it with Melo ready to take it from him.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
So… who’s it gonna be?
March 14th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Good for D’Antoni. He’ll land on his feet and he won’t have to coach Melo. Denver was worse w/Melo than without him. Knicks were worse w/Melo than without him. Melo is fools gold. He’s Starbury. He’s Tracy McGrady. To a lesser extent, he’s Jamal Crawford, or a Stephen Jackson. They are all players whose reputations far outweigh their winning percentages.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
I’ll miss his moustache.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
He’s the EIC…he doesn’t need an editor, he is one.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Is Woodson the guy with the crazy eyebrows? Kind of looks like Mr.Potato head?
March 14th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
2). The Knicks never really gave D’Antoni ANYTHING to work with. They threw money at guys that never paned out.
Like Amar’e who was with D’Antoni in Phoenix’s heyday?
Isn’t it amusing that having spent so much effort chasing LeBron and then chasing Carmelo that the Knicks may be right back where they started — nowhere closer to a ring.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Portland doesn’t want Nate McMillan anymore. D’Antoni is out at NY. Blazers play the Knicks tonight. How about “Coach Swap”???
March 14th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
What is with the Knicks and attracting players of the “Starbury” caliber? Steve Francis, JR Smith, Carmelo all belong in that category.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:38 PM
I don’t know, but those three aren’t going to NY.
In the last couple of games (forget when), Lin went over to talk to Melo and Melo just walked away. Apparently Melo doesn’t like Lin, or at least feels he’s not getting the ball enough. Which is odd, because he’s still putting up points.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:38 PM
More Novak, more victories.
/science
March 14th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Still waiting for that public media apology about Linsanity…….
I mean, the media gets all self-righteous and demands apologies when other people shamelessly abuse their powers.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Rather than curtail to D’Antoni’s system of success (pass, shoot fast), the Knicks went for a player who is completely opposite for that. Melo prefers isos and having the ball, whereas DA worked in Phoenix because everyone got a chance to score, with Amare/Nash taking shots when it counted. Lin is a decent PG and was clearly making NY’s offense work when it was just him running the show and the other guys feeding off it (a la Nash). Melo fucked it up.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Melo can possibly succeed where he isn’t “the man.” Although he has a lead dog ego, he doesn’t have the other characteristics that go with it (toughness, competitiveness, accountability, etc.). He was at his best on the Olympic team when he had bigger stars to defer to.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Amar’e gave the Knicks half a season, but then his knees started bugging him and he hasn’t been the same since. Dude put the team on his back and the minutes just got to him. Sad because I love Amar’e, but maybe it was a combo of D’Antoni’s system and Amar’es knees/back, but Stat spends a lot of time standing around, looking for a jump shot. Sometimes he just stands near the arc.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Mike Woodson sweats more in an NBA game than those Ministers doing Sunday service on TV.
/dont just sit there, do something
March 14th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Carmelo is racking up bodies.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
That’s fine, but when your best player is not the PG, you either adjust or get fired. He chose the latter.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
So… who’s it gonna be?
Mike Dunleavy on line 2.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
And always, always will. No coach in their right mind wants this job. Not until that guy is off the team.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Anyone who watched the 4th quarter of the Bulls game saw the whats up on that. Stoudamire was on a roll, you have one of the best finishers in the game in Melo, yet this guy is running plays for Landry Fields and Tyson Chandler. Good riddance.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
What is with the Knicks and attracting players of the “Starbury” caliber?
Don’t insult the Mecca
March 14th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
I think the Melo-hate/Lin-love is way out of whack. See Schedule.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
And that’s Melo’s problem. He feels Lin is beneath him player, which, though true, is the last thing you should act out for the world to see. If he really truly cared about WINNING, Melo would have adjusted to the Knicks success without him.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
It wasn’t Melo’s fault that Lin was abused against Boston and Miami. He’s going against better competition and has a scouting report out on him now. Deciding to center an entire offense around Lin was foolish.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
It is. However there is some reasonable criticism of Melo in that he’s a black hole on offense and runs too much iso.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
I think the Melo-hate/Lin-love is way out of whack. See Schedule.
Indeed. I believe it were the smart fellas such as yourself that predicted this would happen. Their offense is putting up the same numbers against more skilled teams, I think their defense is what’s been killing them. But it’s been their schedule, mostly. IMO.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Some 3-way trade w/ Howard, Melo and ??? would be epic
Get Melo and John Wall together for some summer league magic.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
What is with the Knicks and attracting players of the “Starbury” caliber? Steve Francis, JR Smith, Carmelo all belong in that category.
What’s the common denominator?
Melo can possibly succeed where he isn’t “the man.”
But he wants to be “the man” without doing everything that involves (and by everything I mean “everything beyond just shooting the ball”)
March 14th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Carmelo to anonymous source: STOP SNITCHIN!
/available on DVD
March 14th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Completely agree
March 14th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
They all have questionable tattoos.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
The trade suggested by the NYP (I think) of Melo and Chandler to Orlando for Howard and MJOT would be the best possible thing that could happen to the Knicks.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
BFFredo – I agree – he definitely thinks he should be the man when he doesn’t have a teammate that he believes is his equal or better. I think if he was paired with a true “alpha” – (DWade, Kobe, possibly D-Rose) he’d defer, but with his salary that’ll never happen.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
UPDATE: John Calipari with a cryptic tweet about not being interested in the Knicks job.
I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
Cryptic: Adjective: 1.Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
He said he “had the greatest job in basketball at any level. Why would he leave?”
Nothing cryptic about that.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Zeke to coach. please make it happen.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
I am also hoping for this. Like putting a 10 space heaters in a carpeted room filled with kerosene tanks.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
March 14th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
It’s starting to become a MELON-troversy.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Paul Westphal already faxed in his resume…he left off “Sacramento, but I was already checked out”
March 14th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
I was wondering that too … started to think my understanding of the word cryptic was wrong and it actually meant “clear”
March 14th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
With Melo no public enemy No. 1 it only makes sense for the Knicks to trade him to Atlanta for Joe Johnson.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I don’t follow the Knicks, so this is maybe a stupid questions. Did the same GM that hired D’Antoni put the team on the floor? I assume so. Seems me to that said GM is the problem. Shouldn’t it have been apparent that a Melo – D’antoni paring would fail. Just doesn’t seem to fit the D’Antonio system.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I don’t like this new breed of NBA players. The Lebron, Dwight, Melo crew are getting douchier by the year. At least we have some hope with the Rose/Durant/Kevin Love/Griffin future.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Hilarious.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I’m drawing my own conclusion over here and it looks like Lin is a snitch.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The Knicks are officially a hot mess.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
I hate Amar’e. He is an all offense player and while his knees are gone, I lost all respect for him when he said about Lamar Odom getting 19 rebounds in Gm 1 of the 2010 NBA WCF that it was “lucky”. No, you are just a bum on defense and always have been.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Knicks are fucked.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Shouldn’t be too hard to get a good coach. Calipari (and World Wide Wes) are probably chomping at the bit to lead the loaded Knicks.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
With Melo no public enemy No. 1 it only makes sense for the Knicks to trade him to Atlanta for Joe Johnson.
Joe is insanely frustrating, especially when he goes off like he did last night and you can see how good he is.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
This is something many sane people said here while some Knicks fans were in breathless anticipation of Carmelo Anthony trade before it was actually made.
But now, I’m sure the Knicks will be fine. They’ll just clear out for Carmelo so he can hang his number every night.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
ISIAH THOMAS TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!
March 14th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Shouldn’t be too hard to get a good coach. Calipari (and World Wide Wes) are probably chomping at the bit to lead the loaded Knicks.
Miggie with a cryptic comment
March 14th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
I’d change that probably to definitely based on the enigmatic tweet Calipari sent out.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
So……where is the Formula 1 post? First practice is tomorrow.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Now this is hilarious.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Your about 10 years late on that comment. No offense.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Shouldn’t it have been apparent that a Melo – D’antoni paring would fail. Just doesn’t seem to fit the D’Antonio system.
Sound reasoning that fails to take into account the desperation that the Knicks fell into when LeBron (whom they’d courted and cleared cap space for 2 years) opted to go to Miami. Having all that space and needing to make a splashy move, they fell in love with the idea of bringing Melo to NYC in spite of any warning bells that he was not a defender or interested in anything but getting his points.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Never been a fan of Melo
March 14th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Melo has lead his team to exactly one entry into the second round, I don’t understand why people he thinks he’s so good. Denver was a loaded team most of the time he was there.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Forgive him, he’s on the West Coast and he just got up.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
I liked the pre-Melo Knicks. They had a great thing going with Galinari, etc.
I distinctly remember people saying “but you ALWAYS HAVE TO TRADE when a superstar is available”. No, you don’t.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Actually in his contract year he was actually pretty good. It also helped that year that he had a coach that actually tried to teach him defense. Then he took more money to play with the coach that never taught him defense.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
And despite losing a “Top-5″ talent, they are still a playoff caliber team in a deep western conference.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Is Carmelo Anthony even a top 10 player?
Not a top 10 “scorer”.
A top 10 player. I say he’s not.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
NOOOOO!! Woodson iso ball! Hate this flugging team so much…
/team Dantoni for life, yo
March 14th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Is Carmelo Anthony even a top 10 player?
/darrell’d
March 14th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
WWW? Come on. He may be able to push high school punks into going to this or that school, but dude doesn’t have that power in the National Basketball Association, does he?
March 14th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
They would probably still be in the top 4 of the West if they didn’t get crushed with injuries this year.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
that franchise has been dead for a while now.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
The West was also loaded for pretty much all of those years. He led his team to the playoffs in seasons where teams like Golden State were missing the playoffs with 48 wins. So while his playoff track record is suspect at best, his teams were there every year, it’s just that in the West, even in the first round as a good team, there are no cupcakes.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Lebron
Durant
Dwight
Rose
Paul
Wade
Kobe
Deron
So, no.
I’d have him somewhere in the Top 15, though I’d take guys like Love and Griffin over him.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Sorry about that. I actually woke up at 7 this morning for a job interview. At a movie theater. So basically I’m striving to reach the status of Taguchi.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Oops, just realized I didn’t count to 10.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
This post should have been titled “Man Jumps Out Of Burning Building, Survives”.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Beasley might be going to the Lakers.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
I’d have him somewhere in the Top 15, though I’d take guys like Love and Griffin over him.
If I could offer the Knicks Ricky Rubio (pre-ACL tear) for Carmelo and Jeremy Lin (regardless of cap), do they take that deal?
March 14th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
I’m pretty disappointed in myself for not catching the Felton thing and instead latching onto the laughable assertion that Felton is a worse point guard to play with than Lin.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Out curiosity…in what capacity?
March 14th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
So basically I’m striving to reach the status of Taguchi.
Such lofty heights are seldom seen by mortal men. Tell us what Shangri-La is like when you return!
March 14th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
So you are commenting from a library?
March 14th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
If its just Rubio, then no. But Rubio/Love for Melo/Lin, I think the Knicks SHOULD do in a heartbeat. But then again, the team is run by Dolan.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Maybe I read too much between the lines of comments, but the fact that he split it into two sentences leads me to believe he’s not overly thrilled about the job, which leads me to believe its a ticker taker, or concession worker.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
I’m pretty disappointed in myself for not catching the Felton thing and instead latching onto the laughable assertion that Felton is a worse point guard to play with than Lin.
It would ALMOST be understandable if Felton wasn’t one of the guys the Knicks traded FOR Carmelo. How can you call yourself a Knicks fan and mess that up?
March 14th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
If Taguchi were here I bet he would tell you, “Shine on your crazy diamond.”
March 14th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
If its just Rubio, then no. But Rubio/Love for Melo/Lin, I think the Knicks SHOULD do in a heartbeat. But then again, the team is run by Dolan.
But for a D’Antoni system, Rubio would have been a godsend. Him, Amar’e and Tyson Chandler >>> this team.
/let’s leave land of make-believe
March 14th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
The Wolves would not trade Rubio for at least three years so this is just an asinine question and or thought.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Spot on. My current job isn’t giving me enough hours. Gots to do what I gots to do.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
To be fair, Felton is pretty shitty. At least with Lin there was the thought he could sustain what he did for 10 games (he can’t).
March 14th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Free movies though…maybe TBL could give you some scratch for some guest post movie reviews.
You could do the top 5 heist for the Summer of 2012…with Hunger Games as the early leader.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Also to be fair, Felton was having a career year with the Knicks when he was traded and has put up his mediocre numbers which are better than Lin’s in assists and turnovers over nearly 500 games.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
To be fairer, he was playing more minutes per game at a higher pace because D’Antoni plays his starters to death, which led to more numbers. He wasn’t actually playing any better.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
As far as heist movies go, Hunger Games cannot be better than The Lorax.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Also to be fair, Felton was having a career year with the Knicks when he was traded and has put up his mediocre numbers which are better than Lin’s in assists and turnovers over nearly 500 games..
That Felton oversight is really quite amazing. Tops the Woodson as candidate for Coach of the year.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Felton is good at taking care of the ball, but I don’t think offsets how awful of a shooter/defender he is.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
To be fairest…you guys hate the black athlete.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
I blame ESPN.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
The Wolves would not trade Rubio for at least three years so this is just an asinine question and or thought.
My point was that no one thinks Rubio is a Top 5/Top 10/Top 15 NBA player right now but Carmelo is thought of in those terms.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Eh, his scoring took a decent jump while only averaging a minute and a half more than what he was averaging over his tenure in Charlotte.
I’m not saying Felton is good, but it’s not like he was the problem with the Knicks and he was at least consistent. Which Lin is not. Also nobody talked about Felton as an MVP candidate. But larger point was that for TBL to say playing with Felton was some kind of hindrance compared to playing with Lin is laughable.
Granted, not nearly as laughable as them playing together.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Is Melo a superstar? Isnt he just this generation’s Alex English?
March 14th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
That’s fair. But most of what TBL writes is laughable at this point, though.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
That’s fair. But most of what TBL writes is laughable at this point, though.
Things allright at home?
March 14th, 2012 at 3:44 PM
He needs a parachute for when Kentucky’s 2012 Final Four appearance is vacated.
/ Actually, I have Duke beating Kentucky in the regional final
March 14th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Can’t wait for tonight’s game. Knicks players are all pissed. Blazers players quit on McMillan a few weeks ago. This should be a real shit-fest.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
No chance duke even makes it to Atlanta to face kentucky
March 14th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
So your question is; is Melo a superstar or is he a superstar.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Xavier is going to tear shit up in the bottom half of that bracket. First Notre Dame, then Duke, then Baylor.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
To be fairer, Felton is one of the worst point guards in the league. (50 out of 61 and only starter worse than him is Steve Blake).
March 14th, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Jeremy Lin is not the tenth best point guard in the league and is not 23 spots better than Ricky Rubio.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
Watch Ray Felton play for the Blazers. You would be hardpressed to find a worse point guard in the league. He is absolutely terrible. Turnovers, terrible shot, can’t initiate an offense, no assists. He’s the worst.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Oh I have no doubt he’s terrible now.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:18 PM
PER is a flawed statistic.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:24 PM
@chicago: find me a statistic that shows Felton is a good point guard this year. he’s at the bottom of turnover ratio, value added, true shooting percentage, wins added, and top on terrible defense highlights and don’t-give-a-fuck attitude (which is funny since he’s playing for a contract). there is no perfect statistic but there isn’t a statistic that shows felton in a good light this season.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Cut the guy some slack, TFA, he’s clearly exhausted after having to play for both Denver and New York at the same time for twenty eight games last year.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:49 PM
This doesn’t surprise me. D’Antoni didn’t want to be here, and wasn’t the right guy for this job from the start, especially when he was cursing at New York fans early on when they were calling for him to play Starbury. He was gone either way after this year, unless they somehow won big, which wasn’t going to happen anyway.
I don’t think this style can win, and even if it can, it’s not a style the Knicks should be playing. I yearn for the days of 82-77 playoff wins; I don’t give a shit if it doesn’t look good, I want a team with an identity that competes. Whenever the Knicks have been good, they’ve mostly been about defense, except for the last decade when they’ve their identity has been “nothingness”.
And then on the other side of the ledger you’ve got Melo, who is just an uncoachable player, plain and simple. And when he doesn’t get his way, look out. Ship him out of town for pennies on the dollar, I don’t care, and rebuild the team with an emphasis on penetration (I mean driving the ball not taking it to interns) and stifling defense. Shumpert is a start…
March 14th, 2012 at 4:52 PM
Please stop trying to ruin the NBA. You can play hard, and play defense, and score into the 90s and 100s.
March 14th, 2012 at 4:59 PM
@Nick Jett: Yes, because D’Antoni and his style never won any games with Phoenix, did he?
March 14th, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Please stop reading Bill Simmons.
But seriously, I don’t care what the score is, I’d just rather watch paint dry than watch no one protect the lane or put a body on someone. I also think spreading the floor with long jump shot after long jump shot is more boring than curling.
March 14th, 2012 at 5:02 PM
You’re kidding right? What did he win of note? 2 MVPs for Steve Nash?
March 14th, 2012 at 5:07 PM
@Nick Jett: And what precisely did the NY Knicks of the 90s win?
March 14th, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Ah yes, I forgot that Bill Simmons is the person that trademarked hating terribly played, 82-77 basketball games.
The Knicks-Heat in the late 90s were an abomination. If you want well-played games with good defense, look at the Bad Boy Pistons or Bulls-Knicks series of the early 90s. You can play hard, protect the rim, and not play an excruciating style.
March 14th, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Wikipedia is fun. The current D’Antoni page has this line it:
D’Antoni resigned on March 14, 2012, only to have his vacancy filled by the better Mike Woodson as new head coach.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni
March 14th, 2012 at 5:12 PM
@Nick Jett: D’Antoni’s style of games won 62, 54, 61, and 55 games in his last four seasons in Phoenix. Lost in conference finals twice and the semifinals once. He did alright.
March 14th, 2012 at 5:13 PM
I don’t understand your point. I wasn’t saying the Riley/VanGundy styles won big, I’m just saying that at least when the calendar turned to October or November New York knew basketball mattered. And come late April, May and into June, baseball was on the back burner because the Knicks were playing into at least the second round. Things have been so bad around here for so fuckin’ long that I’ll take those grind-it-out slugfests with Miami in the late 90s in a heartbeat.
All I said was that he wasn’t the right guy for this job, his style doesn’t fit with what Knick basketball is in my eyes, and most importantly, I don’t think he’s wanted to be here for quite some time now. So, see ya. Good riddance. And take Dolan with you…
March 14th, 2012 at 5:24 PM
Maybe to you they were. But if the Knicks are winning, and relevant, as they were then, I see beauty. I can’t sit through 45+ losses and the revolving door that has plagued this team for so long. But hey, they scored 112 last night- yipppeee!
Obviously it all starts at the top, with James Dolan. Until they’re rid of him- as with the Mets and the Wilpons- the Knicks will never be a consistent factor. Since I know that won’t happen- at least with Dolan- I have to hang my hat on something, so why can’t that be a legitimate coach that embraces New York and at least wants to be here??