straightbangin.blogspot.com - 5/13/2008
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Is the guy on the left available? I'd give limbs for him. This will likely surprise those of you who've come to recognize that I usually know everything, but I am not quite sure how I feel about the Knicks hiring Mike D'Antoni, and my first instinct was that this is a mistake. A mistake for the obvious reasons: 1) D'Antoni coaches a style of ball that emphasizes rapid pace, good decisions, ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Joey from StraightBangin' is a Knicks fan: "What will D'Antoni do with his roster? I have no clue. Assuming that Donnie Walsh engineers no miracles and that D'Antoni wants to play :07 Second basketball, I'd imagine that he will try to get Stephon Marbury on board, because the team needs a conductor and distributor. After that, were I D'Antoni, I'd try to make Jamal Crawford my destitute man's Joe Johnson, asking him to spot up along the sidelines and slash for the midrange J's and the layups when available. Nate Robinson (gulp) would be my Barbosa, ...
At Least One Observer Likes The D’Antoni Hire
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... who implies his chain was seriously jerked, but rather, Joey from Straight Banging. After first scoffing at the Knicks’ hiring of former Suns head coach Mike D’Antoni (he couldn’t get over the hump with Phoenix’s roster, so why are we to expect that he ever will while coaching teams that will likely never be as talented?”), Joey now insists Donnie Walsh’s acquisition “offers the promise of good-humored restoration. He will restore order, accountability, and professionalism.” ...
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