Saturday, May 10, 2008
Knicks Snag D'Antoni
Mike D'Antoni has accepted an offer to coach the New York Knicks, according to a media reports. The former Phoenix Suns coach, who was also sought by the Chicago Bulls, has accepted a four-year, $24 million deal to take over the Knicks, according to reports by Sports Illustrated and The Boston Globe, both citing a league source.
The Knicks did not immediately confirm that D'Antoni is New York-bound.
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith had previously reported that the Knicks had outlined a four-year, $24 million offer for D'Antoni.
... TheKnicksBlog recently ran a poll on who the fans would want to coach the most. The fans picked Mark Jackson with 42%, Avery Johnson 21%, Patrick Ewing 15%, Mike D'Antoni 15% (4 less votes than Ewing).
You still can not say it is a bad signing. D'Antoni is a proven coach and lead some teams to the playoffs lately and could have won it all if it wasn't for a terrible suspension last year. I would have preferred Avery Johnson, but D'Antoni is a good consolation prize. Just look at his career record of 267-172 (61% win percentage) his playoff record, however, is not so good at 26-25 (51% win percentage)
