Sources: It’s Knicks over Bulls for D'Antoni

Maury posted 5/11/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com [flag]

According to reports, former Phoenix Suns coach Mike D'Antoni has accepted an offer to coach the New York Knicks, thus ending a week of speculating whether D'Antoni would go to the Chicago Bulls or Knicks. The deal is a four-year, $24 million package making D'Antoni the third highest paid coach in the league when factoring in annual salary. As reported by ESPN.com : Two sources close to ... [link]

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