nydailynews.com - 5/12/2008
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After denying for two days that Mike D'Antoni was the Knicks' top choice to replace Isiah Thomas, team president Donnie Walsh offered him the head coaching job on Saturday and D'Antoni accepted, agreeing to a four-year, $24 million deal.
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Donnie Walsh’s First Blunder or Future Knicks Media War?
COSELLOUT: Still Tellin' It Like It Is —
... . ESPN s website didn t look much better as a top NBA headline read D Antoni Waiting for Bulls . …So how did the NY Daily News get it so wrong? Well, they reported that Walsh himself had denied the report for two days before officially closing the deal. Yesterday, Daily News beat reporter Frank Isola remarked that Walsh ...
Donnie Walsh Gets His Coach, But His Credibility Takes a Hit
FanHouse —
... As Frank Isola of the Daily News describes it, the quick reversal has resulted in Walsh's "credibility taking a hit," and not among the local press: ...
Top 25 Phoenix Sports Stories of 2008 - #1 - The end of the D’Antoni era
Fanster.com —
... 18-12 and in 8th place in the tightly-bunched Western Conference.
Links from around the web about Mike D’Antoni’s departure from the Valley…
Suns will allow D’Antoni talk to other teams about head coaching postitions [ESPN.com]
Does Mike D’Antoni want to come to Chicago? [Foul Balls]
The Mike D’Antoni might-get-fired saga will drag into the weekend [NBA Fanhouse]
Knicks hire Mike D’Antoni as 24th head coach with 4-year, $24M deal [Daily News] ...
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D'ANTONI WILL REMAIN ON STAFF OF TEAM USA —
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Mike D'Antoni has a lot on his plate this summer, moving to New York, devising a new playbook for the dysfunctional Knicks, reconstructing his assistant coaching staff. But D'Antoni has another monumental task as large as the Knicks. D'Antoni still...
