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Did the Knicks Hire D’Antoni for Lebron?
Published 5/12/2008 by Dime Magazine at Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - Free Agents - Olympics Team USA
That’s a theory being posed by a story in Newsday this morning, that goes so far as to speculate what position ‘Bron would play for the Knicks . From the article : Come hell or high loss totals along the way, Walsh will get the Knicks under the salary cap by 2010. The Garden is always an attractive place for free agents and landing a players’ coach only sweetens the pot. A person with knowledge of the situation said Bulls players were filling team executive John Paxson’s inbox with text messages, begging him to bring D’Antoni to Chicago.“They wanted to play for Mike,” the ...

D'Antoni Paving Way for LeBron to Go to N.Y.?
Published 5/12/2008 at The Sporting Blog
[image] So it's D'Antoni to the Knicks, supporters and detractors are all up in arms, or confused. But is there a master plan here? Over at Newsday , Alan Hahn with some hypotheticals that will thrill and chill you. Either confirmation of conspiracy theories or proof that mountains can be moved when smart people see an opening. Yup, you guessed it: LeBron in New York: Walsh is banking on this to be just another reason for LeBron James to seriously consider making the Garden his home if he declines a player option and becomes a free agent in 2010. It would take a lot of ...

The 10-man rotation, starring confident Magic men
Published 5/12/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... to figure out. C: The Detroit News. Don't worry Magic fans; Jameer Nelson and Rashard Lewis say they got this series. PF: Boston Globe. Sounds like the Celtics have finally figured out a "plan" to end their playoff road woes. SF: NY Daily News. I love the NBA to death, but this is ridiculously sad: "Fight over NBA leads to Queens slay." SG: Newsday. Did the Knicks hire Mike D'Antoni to lure LeBron to New York? PG: ...

The Lazarus Job
Published 5/12/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... , D'Antoni would be wise to leave some them sitting on the bench, wishing they could join the run-and-fun. The biggest knock on D'Antoni is that his teams don't (or can't) play lockdown defense. Then again, you can play defense like the Cavs and have no offense. Regardless, to be a championship team, said team needs balance to pose with the Larry O'Brien in June. (see also, Spurs, Pistons). (Speaking of the Cavs, did you see this ? Cavs fans would need more than 23-cent pizzas to salve their pain for that one.) If anything, there will be plenty of action to be had in the ...

NBA Essentials: Deron Williams Is 'Paul-ian'
Published 5/12/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
... Magic, Lakers, Hornets, Spurs, JazzNBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. FreeDarko: Why Deron WIlliams has it in for Chris Paul. 2. Third Quarter Collapse: Looks like the ref got cold feet on the final play of the Pistons-Magic Game 4. 3. Alan Hahn, Newsday: Did the Knicks hire Mike D'Antoni to entice LeBron ...

The Knicks' Three Year Plan
Published 5/13/2008 by ClipperSteve at Clips Nation
... In perhaps the most blatant case of a coach being hired to lure a player since Ed Manning landed an assistant's job in Lawrence, Kansas, New York is openly talking about the possibility of signing LeBron James to play for Mike D'Antoni.  There are only a few problems with this scenario.  For one thing, it implies that the Knicks will do nothing to improve between now and 2010, in all likelihood guaranteeing two more horrible seasons unless D'Antoni is even better than we think he is.  For another, there are of course no guarantees that LeBron will become a free ...

Eines Tages wird LeBron James für die Knicks spielen...
Published 5/13/2008 by Paul Niemeyer (noreply@blogger.com) at NBA-Blog
... on this to be just another reason for LeBron James to seriously consider making the Garden his home if he declines a player option and becomes a free agent in 2010. It would take a lot of payroll maneuvering in the meantime and, perhaps, some tough decisions. As the roster stands, the Knicks will have just $28 million against the cap going into the 2010-11 season. It's the perfect storm; the best player on the planet is available and the richest team in the league has cap space. [ Quelle ]