NY Shocking Conclusion: D'Antoni Doesn't Care About Defense

[Mr. Sun]

At the outset of the Knicks' 19-point loss to the Celtics yesterday, Boston got rolling by putting up 40 points in the first quarter. The champs finished the day with 124, so if you didn't know any better, you'd think that New York's head coach might spend at least some of his postgame remarks addressing the team's defensive deficiencies. Since their coach is Mike D'Antoni however, you should know better.

Marc Berman of The NY Post apparently did not know better though, based on his surprise that D'Antoni was focused on the team's offense, even after the horrific defensive game that his team had just played.

"The Knicks had just surrendered 124 points, allowed Boston to shoot 65 percent, permitted 40 points in the first quarter, couldn't contain Rajon Rondo from going to the rack for layups. And all Mike D'Antoni was talking about after the game was the Knicks weren't good enough offensively. Very telling. As if the coach admits he can have no effect on making them sounder defensively, only offensively."

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2008/12/22/new- ... ni-doesnt/

[Miklo]

I wish we could splice D'Antoni's DNA with that of a few other select coaches. While we're at it, I'll take Phil Jackson without all the psycho babble.

[garrick]

Knicks fans should have seen this coming. For those shocked that Mike doesn't teach defense means they haven't really been following the NBA.

[rsavaj]

D'Antoni's D was still better than Porter's...

[rsavaj]

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-3 ... ntoni.html

[Go7enKs]

Shhh! Don't tell them D'Antoni D is not that bad...Let them think we are better off with our "great" defensive coach Terry Porter...