NBA teams weighing firing their coach midseason tend to oscillate between one of two dueling philosophies: Hit the reset button as soon as possible, or heed continuity and wait until the summer.
The New York Knicks have settled on the latter option, it would seem.
If owner James Dolan was going to dispatch Mike Woodson, he could have picked from any number of final straws: the team’s nine-game November losing streak, the strategic debacle that was the Knicks’ 102-101 home loss to the Washington Wizards (see below) or even their six-game mini swoon ahead of All-Star Weekend.
According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, even Woodson seems to grasp the ominousness of his situation.
They know it’s dangling. My theme to our players is that ‘Woodson’s a big boy. He’s been around the block a few times.’ It’s a part of the business if it happens. It’s never been about me. You got to worry about the makeup of your team and how you compete on the practice floor and when you take it to the court.
But prolonging the inevitable is, at the end o ...
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