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The Knicks, more than anything else (more than stability, more than institutional consistency, more than winning), seem to have valued drama the most over the last year, so, we'll confess, it's a considerable surprise to see the team moving to give Mike Woodson a long-term deal, perhaps as early as this week. An extended, played-out-on-the-back-page courtship of Phil Jackson appeared inevitable. But, apparently, the Knicks never even reached out to Jackson in the first place; they're comfortable with Woodson in the long term. It's worth asking why. Well, okay, we know why: Woodson led the team to an 18-6 record in his time coaching the Knicks after Mike D'Antoni (who was 18-24 this season) resigned, and he won the team's first playoff game in eleven ... Continue reading →
"Hey, I wonder how Adam Morrison's doing these days," you said to your cat earlier this afternoon. "Not sure why I'm thinking of him now, after not really thinking about him much since the Lakers let him go a couple of years back, but you know, I'd kind of like to know what he's up to ... or, I mean, even just see him, I guess. It's been too long!" Your wish, as always, is our command: Welcome back to Internet greatness, Adam Morrison! (Via @AdamZagoria) Looking great, Adam Morrison! I see you have been very busy since last we saw you listening to Dio and working on your fingertapping and/or performing twice nightly in dark matches at Pacific Northwest wrestling shows as "The Fauxndertaker." ... Continue reading →
Mike D'Antoni said he resigned because the Knicks "weren't going anywhere and I was the coach."Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Before our recent lunch, the last time I had seen Mike D'Antoni was on the afternoon of March 11, right after an embarrassing 106-94 home defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers. Linsanity had gone quiet, the New York Knicks had lost eight of their last 11 games and their hold on the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot was growing ever more precarious. "You've been having a better time with prostate cancer," D'Antoni said to me, referencing a now-resolved health issue, "than I've been having coaching this team." He was only half-kidding. Three days after that, on his way to a noon shootaround before a home ... Continue reading →
