Consultant Donnie Walsh on Knicks Iman Shumpert
24 Jun
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“It’s the real season now” – Amar’e Stoudmire on Knicks – Celtics NBA Playoff Matchup
14 Apr
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Knicks Nicked: Amar’e Stoudemire and Chauncey Billups Questionable For Friday
7 Apr
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Love seeing the Knicks win their 5th in a row and take over the 6th seed in the Eastern Conference, but we need our horses for the post-season. Both Knicks are listed as questionable for Friday vs. NJ, would you give Amar’e and Chauncey major rest from this point forward or is playing time and team cohesion more important?
Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni Offers No (Good) Excuses For Loss To Pacers and Danny Granger’s Game Winner
16 Mar
Mike D’Antoni talks about the fact that defense needs to improve but simply cannot offer what went wrong defensively. Most glaringly was his response to questions regarding Danny Granger’s game winning shot:
Q: Is there anything else defensively you would have rather seen or could have been done?
A: You mean defensively? I guess I’d like to see him miss it. You can’t double in the middle of the floor like that. So you get man up and hope he misses.
But as Tommy Dee astutely points out, in that situation Shawne Williams has to “push up” and force Granger left there. Similarly, during the telecast Walt Clyde Frazier mentioned the notion of forcing a player to his weak-side a number of times, but D’Antoni doesn’t get it. He can’t see it.
Instead, he talks about the fact that team defensive needs to get better. He even goes as far as admitting (without necessarily realizing) that they don’t make defensive adjustments during the game (cue minute 1:28 above). It is clear that something is missing, and at this point, it seems more than fair to ask why is this coach hoping instead of coaching?
