New York Knicks: Can They Win a Title with Mike D’Antoni as Head Coach?

September 3rd, 2011 by Jesse Dorsey Leave a reply »
Other than Erik Spoelstra, Mike D'Antoni is probably the most questioned head coach in the NBA.  His offense-first system has been questioned ever since he led the Phoenix Suns to great regular seasons, but never to the NBA Finals.

Rather than just going off on a rant about why D'Antnoi can't win a title with the New York Knicks under his current mentality, I want to actually take a look at what he can do with the Knicks under his system.

First, D'Antoni's track record.  He has coached two 60-win teams and two 50-win teams along with a 42-win Knicks team last year.

He has coached three teams that had no chance of making the playoffs, starting with the 1999 14-win Denver Nuggets, who went two players deep with Antonio McDyess and Nick Van Exel, along with an underdeveloped Chauncey Billups.  Then he coached two years-worth of salary-dumping Knicks teams and actually got more out of them than I would think most coaches could have, winning 61 games in two years.

When D'Antonio is given talent, he can turn teams around, that much is a given.  In 2005, D'Antoni won the Coach of the Year Award (which might as well be renamed ...

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