It’s been almost two months since the New York Knicks’ Mike Woodson, in response to questions regarding the embattled coach’s curious shift from last season’s small-ball success, uttered this now-infamous defense, per Chris Herring of The Wall Street Journal:
“The East is big, man.”
Following his team’s most recent spate of losses, Woodson appears ready to relent on that mantra.
According to ESPN New York’s Ian Begley, Woodson is considering bringing Andrea Bargnani off the bench, thereby giving more power forward minutes to Carmelo Anthony, who excelled in the role over myriad stretches a season ago:
“That’s a possibility,” Woodson said before tipoff on Friday. “I know we were great last year with Melo at [power forward] and Melo hasn’t had an opportunity to play a lot of four this year based on, you know, Bargnani, and having Kenyon and Amar’e. You’ll probably see more four now that those guys are out. Bargnani could possibly come off and back up Tyson at the center spot.”
Bargnani has lately become s ...
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