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slow news – May 12, 2008
It’s the End of the World as the Knicks Know It
By Harvey Araton
In one of the recent signs that (Ladies and Gentlemen) your New York Knickerbockers might return to the world of the living, recently hired GM Donnie Walsh hired Seven Seconds or Less ex-Suns coach Mike D’Antoni. D’Antoni, a former star player and coach in the Italian League, has innovated a run-and-gun system of beautiful basketball in Phoenix over the past several seasons. In this article, Araton discuss how the Knicks, located in the world’s most cosmopolitan city, have resisted the globalization of the NBA in recent years. As foreign-born players — like Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Steve Nash, Andres Nocioni, Mehmet Okur, and many others — have come to dominate (often with big men who can actually shoot), the Knicks have been a provincial backwater. D’Antoni’s arrival might just change that.
Of course, ca desperately hopes that D’Antoni and Walsh will be able to bring one of the best homegrown players to NY in 2010: LeBron James.
Keep your hands off of LeBron, thankyouverymuch. We need him more than NYC does.
Sincerely,
A relatively new Akron resident and big Cavs fan
Dave P.
May 20, 2008 at 7:20 am
Dave, I’m afraid that if they can’t move Zach Randolph’s nightmare contact, we won’t be able to go after LBJ. Zach plus the #6 pick, anyone?
andrewska
May 21, 2008 at 11:19 am