Only a celebrity coach would draw up a sour last second play.....for a rookie to shoot (thats twice)
Watching the rental Knicks being lead by a BUM headcoach is just to sorry to watch for 48 minutes.
With 6 seconds left and down by two-points the knick line-up should've been Duhon, Toney.D, Chandler, Harrington, and Lee.
I dont care how bad Duhon been playing he is this teams point and Douglas veteran tutor.
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I have lost all faith in knicksonline after your idiotic assumptions. (NOT KIYA PERSONALLY. EVERYONE. IT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE) Yes.. idiotic.. Obviously they are not building for this year. They are trying to win with what they have. If by 2011 we haven't had a winning season then you can criticize the coach, but after bringing in 2 hall of fame coaches and a well-established coach (D'Antoni) and wanting all three out I question NY fans' judgment. It is the same people who wanted A-Rod out that want D'Antoni out I'm guessing. The stereotype for a NY fan is 99% correct.
A coaches ability to coach cannot be judged by their success in the first couple of years with that team. To prove that point I bring in mr. Gregg Popovich.
<table class="statsHeader" width="500" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gSGSectionTitleStatsGrid" width="738">Career Averages
</td> <td width="2">
</td> </tr></tbody></table> <table class="playerStatTable coachAvg" width="500" border="1" bordercolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="title"> <td class="year" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="team" colspan="3">REGULAR SEASON</td> <td class="team" colspan="3">POST SEASON</td> </tr> <tr class="title"> <td>
YEAR</td> <td>
TEAM</td> <td>
WINS</td> <td>
LOSSES</td> <td>
PCT</td> <td>
WINS</td> <td>
LOSSES</td> <td>
PCT</td> </tr> <!-- size is : 14 --><!-- the tempC = --> <!-- n 14 San Antonio : 2009 - 2009 --> <!-- y= 0 1996 San Antonio --> <tr class=""> <td>
1996-97</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">17</td> <td align="right">47</td> <td align="right">.266</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">.000</td> </tr> <!-- y= 1 1997 San Antonio --> <tr class="odd"> <td>
1997-98</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">56</td> <td align="right">26</td> <td align="right">.683</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td align="right">.444</td> </tr> <!-- y= 2 1998 San Antonio --> <tr class=""> <td>
1998-99</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">37</td> <td align="right">13</td> <td align="right">.740</td> <td align="right">15</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">.882</td> </tr> <!-- y= 3 1999 San Antonio --> <tr class="odd"> <td>
1999-00</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">53</td> <td align="right">29</td> <td align="right">.646</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">.250</td> </tr> <!-- y= 4 2000 San Antonio --> <tr class=""> <td>
2000-01</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">58</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">.707</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">.538</td> </tr> <!-- y= 5 2001 San Antonio --> <tr class="odd"> <td>
2001-02</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">58</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">.707</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">.400</td> </tr> <!-- y= 6 2002 San Antonio --> <tr class=""> <td>
2002-03</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">60</td> <td align="right">22</td> <td align="right">.732</td> <td align="right">16</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">.667</td> </tr> <!-- y= 7 2003 San Antonio --> <tr class="odd"> <td>
2003-04</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">57</td> <td align="right">25</td> <td align="right">.695</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">.600</td> </tr> <!-- y= 8 2004 San Antonio --> <tr class=""> <td>
2004-05</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">59</td> <td align="right">23</td> <td align="right">.720</td> <td align="right">16</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">.696</td> </tr> <!-- y= 9 2005 San Antonio --> <tr class="odd"> <td>
2005-06</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">63</td> <td align="right">19</td> <td align="right">.768</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">.538</td> </tr> <!-- y= 10 2006 San Antonio --> <tr class=""> <td>
2006-07</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">58</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">.707</td> <td align="right">16</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">.800</td> </tr> <!-- y= 11 2007 San Antonio --> <tr class="odd"> <td>
2007-08</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">56</td> <td align="right">26</td> <td align="right">.683</td> <td align="right">9</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">.529</td> </tr> <!-- y= 12 2008 San Antonio --> <tr class=""> <td>
2008-09</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">54</td> <td align="right">28</td> <td align="right">.659</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">.200</td> </tr> <!-- y= 13 2009 San Antonio --> <tr class="odd"> <td>
2009-10</td> <td> San Antonio</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">.500</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">.000</td> </tr> <tr class="title"> <td> TOTALS</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">689</td> <td align="right">333</td> <td align="right">.674</td> <td align="right">102</td> <td align="right">63</td> <td align="right">.618</td></tr></tbody></table>
Case. Point.