I read about how he is going to fix Curry and Randolph. I just don’t see it. I think they are going in knowing next year c9ould be bad, and develop the draft pick. That is one reason why you keep Marbury, for the space. I think it is safe to say the NY fans should brace themselves for some more bad basketball.

For a few million bucks less, D’A could have been coaching Deng, Gordon, Hinrich, and Noah Go out and trade for Kapono, and he could have had a ready made 7SOL.

I think D’A made a good move going to NY because they have been absolutely horrid the last few years. They will not get any worse under his watch and any improvement will justify his inflated contract.

Reinsdorf isn’t exactly the most reliable source for all this so anything he says should be taken w/ some salt.

I also will speculate that an issue was Paxton wanted the sames things Kerr wanted – defense, rotation, player dev, etc. where as Donnie Walsh is known to not mess w/ his coaches and we say how loyal the owner was to Zeke.

You have to think that those factors make the Knicks the better choice if the Coach doesn’t want to be messed w/ by the GM and owner.

I do think even w/ the current roster the Knicks will improve just by having new blood a coach that actually….you know….coaches.

Sounds like he’s just bummed that someone bought the last shiny toy off the shelf before he did.

And, I agree, the Knicks, though apparently a bigger mess with an unfriendlier roster, provides a better landing spot in terms of expectations. I think he and Donnie Walsh have big plans for when a certain $20M roster spot opens up…

D’Antoni will have more say in how to run the show with New York. Paxson would bother him with such pesky things as defensive coaches.