Lee Can’t Wait to Play D’Antoni-Style Ball
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Aug. 11, 2008
As the start of a new season -- and a new era -- of New York Knicks basketball draws closer, NYKnicks.com will sit down with the players, coaches and others closely associated with the team to discuss their thoughts on the outlook for 2008-09.
We begin the series with Knicks forward David Lee, who discusses the off-season roster changes and his thoughts on playin g head coach Mike D'Antoni's system.
NYKnicks.com: You recently had your first practice with the other guys when you were in Las Vegas, and had an opportunity to start to learn Mike D'Antoni's system. How did that go?
David Lee: I've been around Coach D'Antoni a little bit when I practiced with the Olympic team last year, and he's got a specific way that he wants the game to be played, and that's up-tempo and intense. It's a different speed than the one which you play, and the only way that you learn that style of play is by doing it in practice. Even when we had those practices out in Vegas, everything was that you've got to run, run, run. We've got to learn that style of play now if we want to do it and do it well during the season, so that was a good experience.
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