D'antoni out in NY

Only Nate sucks. D'Antoni was just put in a tough spot, dontcha know! He had too much talent.

 

Well I guess this means Lin's 15 minutes of basketball fame is over.

 

Didnt we also play a team last year right after their coach resigned or was fired?

 

Either way I didn't expect to win tonight. But this decreases our chance even more IMO.

 

It ended a couple weeks ago

 

Lin is fine. Why ya'll hating on him? He didn't ask for the media to get crazy about him.

 

So if we lose does that mean Nate resigns?

 

Offer him an Assistant Position ASAP

Throw a few Mil at him PA

 

D'Antoni blows. Everywhere he goes his teams suck playing defense. The only way to be good in the playoffs is to play good D. Running only takes you so far.

 

Just for shits-n-giggles, have Nate and D'antoni trade jobs for the rest of the season.

 

I'd be ok with Portland firing Nate and hiring him on. D'Antoni got more productivity out of Felton than anyone else, and it'd be fun to see Aldridge and Batum fully committed to an uptempo offense. Sign him on until the end of the season and then bring him back if it's looking promising.

It feels like this season is lost anyway at this point. We're biding our time for our contracts to come off the books (or opportunities to shift expirings for decent players). Might as well give D'Antoni a test drive. Hell, maybe it makes us a little more attractive to Steve Nash this summer if we have D'Antoni and can prove that LA/Batum can play open court hoops well.

 

While that's mostly true, he's also a polar opposite of Nate. Nate's had his scrap/hustle/low possession/defensive reputation style for so many years, this would be like a bucket of cold water thrown in. And I mean that in a good way. I'd like to see our guys exposed to a polar opposite playing style. When D'Antoni inevitably fails (hopefully in a few years, but hey, maybe by April) you swing the pendulum back toward the middle with a less extreme coach.

 

Exactly... and whats even more funny, is that he's still playing better than Felton.

 

Hell, I'd take Mike over Nate anyday. Nate's "style" is freaking overrated and done. This team/city deserves something new and refreshing instead of the same ol' "schtick" of McMillians......scrap scrap scrap

 

RT @daldridgetnt: Source: D'Antoni wanted Melo-D-Wil trade, rebuffed by Dolan. Check out the Hang Time Blog, on http://NBA.com.

 

melo/lin for Dwil
stat/chandler/picks for howard
hire phil jackson

all set!

 

Too many egos is NY.

 

The problem wasn't D'Antoni. The problem is Carmelo. He doesn't know how to operate when he's not the sole focus of the offense.

 

Any coach that wouldn't have him as the primary focus of an offense needs to have their fucking head examined.

D'Antoni has done less, while being given elite talent, than any coach I can think of over the past 20 years. He's so overrated.

I do have to laugh at how D'Antoni's shitty coaching is Carmelo Anthony's fault, though. The Knicks were at about .500 last year before 'Melo got traded to NYC. Anthony made little difference in terms of W/L.

 

Look at the Knicks record this year with Carmelo vs. without him. Its clear as day. Carmelo is a ball dominant star in a system that thrives on spreading the ball.