The Mike D'antoni Thread

[knickscity]

Alright D'antoni, are you ready to run the offense through Melo full-time?

[Clutch]

A day after clinching a playoff berth, Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni made it clear that he wants to remain in New York.

"I love what I do. I like my guys so it's all good," D'Antoni said after practice on Monday. "Again, I'm not focused on that per se [but] hypothetically ... I'd love to."
D'Antoni is under contract through next season. His agent, Warren LeGarie, was at practice on Monday and was seen chatting with team president and general manager Donnie Walsh.

D'Antoni told reporters on Monday not to read anything into the fact that his agent was at practice.

He also said that he was not worried about his future.

"You do the best you can do. And it usually works out some way," the coach said. "I'm 60 years old, so it's not like I have to live and die by it. If I was 40 I'd be a little bit more worried. I'm at an age now where, thank God, I can live for today and try to get this team right."

Walsh hired D'Antoni after taking over for Isiah Thomas. Walsh has a team option for next season that has yet to be picked up by MSG chairman James Dolan. The deadline to do so is April 30. Dolan said at Carmelo Anthony's introductory press conference that he and Walsh would discuss the GM's contract situation after the NBA's Feb. 24 trade deadline.

Walsh and D'Antoni's future are believed to be closely tied to one another.

D'Antoni signed a four-year, $24 million contract prior to the 2008-09 season.

D'Antoni says he wants to remain with Knicks

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/n...ory?id=6292878

[NY-Knicks]

D'Antoni says he wants to remain with Knicks

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/n...ory?id=6292878

Yeah, heard that today. Guess what my response was.




NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.


FCK NO.

[Clutch]

Yeah, heard that today. Guess what my response was.




NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.


FCK NO.

Only good thing is that no one asks him for opinion

If the Knicks will get swept in the playoffs or underachieve next season D'Antoni is a former Knicks coach,no one will ask him would he like to stay

[NY-Knicks]

Only good thing is that no one asks him for opinion

If the Knicks will get swept in the playoffs or underachieve next season D'Antoni is a former Knicks coach,no one will ask him would he like to stay

I want us to go after Doc Rivers or Rick Adelman over the summer. Not keep Mike D-less'Antoni.

[Clutch]

I want us to go after Doc Rivers or Rick Adelman over the summer. Not keep Mike D-less'Antoni.

I like this

Doc Rivers would be perfect

[Scoooter]

Doc Rivers can only win with unselfish superstars whose games compliment each other perfectly. That isn't the Knicks.

[Clutch]

Doc Rivers can only win with unselfish superstars whose games compliment each other perfectly. That isn't the Knicks.

I disagree completely.

[knickscity]

Coach, why did Stat play so much tonite?

36 minutes, mainly with the bench????

Come on guy, that has fail written all over it.

You have have gave at least 10 of those minutes to Shelden.

Save the legs.....

#lethimrest

[Clutch]

Coach, why did Stat play so much tonite?

36 minutes, mainly with the bench????

Come on guy, that has fail written all over it.

You have have gave at least 10 of those minutes to Shelden.

Save the legs.....

#lethimrest

Just wait until Amare goes for 15 points on 5-20 shooting regularly in the 1st round.
Maybe then will D'Antoni realize that he needed to rest him.

[franchize]

Scooter that couldn't be further from the truth.Paul Pierce was considered one of the most selfish players in the league and he got Paul to buy into his system.That being said,I don't think theres any chance we can land him.It really would make no sense for him to.Adelman on the other hand is very realistic.

[Scoooter]

He may have been selfish when he was young, but it's obvious that these guys all matured enough to coalesce into a cohesive, Championship unit. That comes with age, in this case I'd say more so than coaching.

[NY-Knicks]

He may have been selfish when he was young, but it's obvious that these guys all matured enough to coalesce into a cohesive, Championship unit. That comes with age, in this case I'd say more so than coaching.

Young?

In 2008 Pierce was 30 years old.

[Scoooter]

Yeah, they won the Championship that year.

[franchize]

So when he was 29 he was immature but when he turned 30 he matured?O ok. I didn't know you could turn maturity on like a light switch.