Mike D'Antoni says coming to New York in 2008 to coach the Knicks wasn't a bad thing -- but leaving Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns was. Late last month, in an ESPN Los Angeles profile about D'Antoni and his new team, the Lakers, the coach said he "shouldn't have gone to New York." D'Antoni clarified those comments Thursday morning after his team's shootaround at New York Athletic Club, ahead of the Lakers-Knicks matchup -- his first game at Madison Square Garden since resigning as Knicks coach on March 14. "It was reported that I said I wouldn't, shouldn't have gone to New York," D'Antoni said. "No. I said I shouldn't have left Steve Nash. It's a little bit different on the meaning. It was a story about Nash. Now, if I could have brought him to New York, maybe that would've been ideal. "I shouldn't have left Nash in the sense that he's special as a player. You've got to nurture that. But New York was great for me." Read more http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...h-clarifies-previous-comments-new-york-knicks
