nypost.com - 10/8/2008
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TORONTO - The Knicks won't play their first preseason game until tonight, but Mike D'Antoni already has seen "bad habits" from his club and called its effort "spotty" yesterday. On the eve of their preseason opener against the Raptors at Air...
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Ball Don't Lie —
... Marc Berman, New York Post: "The Knicks won't play their first preseason game until tonight, but Mike D'Antoni already has seen "bad habits" from his club and called its effort "spotty" yesterday. On the eve of their preseason opener against the Raptors at Air Canada Centre, D'Antoni said he's unhappy with their intensity level in his first critical remarks as Knicks head coach. 'We got to get the effort right,' D'Antoni said. 'We got to get the effort on both ends right. Then we can start playing well. It's been pretty spotty up till ...
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Deadspin —
... Mike D'Antoni finally comes to terms with the fact that he's coaching the Knicks: "You get in bad habits," D'Antoni said. "You play for two, three years when every play doesn't matter, every game doesn't matter, you get in those kind of habits. It plays tricks on your mind. You think you're playing hard but you really aren't.It's something that has to change, then we can work on becoming a good team. But we haven't had the effort; people understanding how hard it's going to be." [NY Post] ...
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