Although we're only about 10 games into the season there are rumors floating around about the future employment status of Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni. After two disappointing years, Knicks fans had to wait until this last summer to find out who the man (or men) who would save their franchise would be. Namely, they were expecting to cash in on the LeBron James lottery, or at least snag Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. As we all know, none of that happened. So, in a knee-jerk "ahhh fu*k we didn't get ANY of them?!" reaction, the Knicks overpaid the often injured Amare Stoudemire to have the spotlight in the Big Apple. So "renovated" franchise now consisted of the same horrible players from last year, with an Amare Stoudemire (without Steve Nash) and minus David Lee. That is
small improvement if anything. So what exactly has D'Antoni done that says his job should be secure. The result is? A 3-8 start to the 2010-2011 season.
To me, the only way you keep D'Antoni as coach is to keep Amare happy AND if the free agents they pursue this summer (namely Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul) actively
want to play for D'Antoni's system. Is it possible? Sure. But I have a feeling we'll one day have a post saying D'Antoni should be fired because of his inability to win a title with CP3, Melo and Amare).
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