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| D'Antoni accepts offer to coach Knicks |
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05/11/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Mike D'Antoni agreed in principle on Saturday to become the next head coach of the New York Knicks. A press conference will be scheduled upon completion of the contract. After their first-round exit from the playoffs, the Phoenix Suns granted permission to the 2004-05 Coach of the Year to talk with other teams about their coaching vacancies, and the 57-year old D'Antoni chose the Knicks. The Knicks, under new general manager Donnie Walsh, fired head coach Isiah Thomas last mont |
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| D'Antoni accepts offer to become Knicks coach |
NBA Basketball |
05/10/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Mike D'Antoni has agreed to coach the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history. The Knicks released a statement Saturday night saying they had agreed in principle with D'Antoni and that a press conference would be held once the contract had been completed. D'Antoni had two years and $8.5 million left on his Phoenix contract. Suns owner Robert Sarver wouldn't confirm that D'Antoni had |
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| AP source: D'Antoni accepts Knicks' offer |
NBA Basketball |
05/10/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Mike D'Antoni has agreed to coach the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in its history. A person within the NBA told The Associated Press on Saturday that the Suns coach has accepted an offer from the Knicks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made. D'Antoni had two years left on his contract. Suns owner Robert Sarver wouldn't confirm that D'Antoni |
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| Cavs, Celtics resume best-of-seven series in Cleveland |
NBA Basketball |
05/10/2008 |
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| stseason, while Boston has dropped four straight Game 3s. Game 4 of this best-of-seven series is scheduled for Monday at Quicken Loans Arena. Boston has lost a playoff series after winning the first two games of the set. In the 1990 first round, the New York Knicks knocked out the Celtics in five contests, 3-2. The Cavaliers are 2-1 at home in this year's playoffs, while the Celtics are 0-3 on the road. This is the fourth time these teams have met in the postseason. Boston defeated the Cavaliers in six games, |
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| Nash expects D'Antoni to stay despite speculation |
NBA Basketball |
05/09/2008 |
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| dedicate a refurbished basketball court at Florence Crittenton of Arizona, which offers programs for at-risk girls. D'Antoni, who has two years worth $8.5 million remaining on his contract, reportedly has been courted by the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks. Earlier this week, the Suns granted D'Antoni permission to speak to other teams even as they expressed hope he would remain with them.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report m |
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| Morway named Pacers GM |
NBA Basketball |
05/07/2008 |
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| -day operation. He will also pick up salary cap responsibilities, and assist team president of basketball, Larry Bird, with personnel decisions. The move comes a little more than a month after former chief executive Donnie Walsh departed to join the New York Knicks. "I'm very happy to have David by my side," Bird said. "This newly expanded role maximizes David's skills and experience, and I'm confident we have the knowledge and resources to get the Pacers to the level we expect, our owners expect and our fans |
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| Celtics, Hawks meet for decisive Game 7 |
NBA Basketball |
05/04/2008 |
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| vericks in six games, 4-2, in the first round of the postseason. Two other eighth-seeded teams defeated a one seed in the first round of the playoffs. Denver eliminated the Seattle SuperSonics, 3-2, in the first round of the 1994 playoffs, while the New York Knicks knocked out the Miami Heat in five, 3-2, during the opening round of the 1999 postseason. On Friday, Joe Johnson scored eight of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, as the Hawks forced a deciding seventh game in their Eastern Conference quarterfina |
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| Nuggets are missing a lot |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2008 |
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| in Game 1. The time to shake things up has come. A commitment to defense and a new overall philosophy is needed. In Denver, it is definitely broke, and needs to be fixed. ANOTHER TEAM FOR BROWN Larry Brown can't be proud of his short stint with the New York Knicks, and is getting another chance to be the general of a team with a lot of potential. The Charlotte Bobcats, who were 32-50 in 2007-08, are the ninth NBA team the 67-year-old Brown will coach, in what could very well be the final stop of his illustrio |
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| Brown tabbed to coach Bobcats, his 9th NBA team |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2008 |
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| rt with the Detroit Pistons, when he led the team to the 2004 title, and the 2005 NBA Finals. But, like it often does at each of his stops, things went bad between Brown and management in Detroit, and the Hall of Famer then took over as coach of the New York Knicks for the 2006 campaign, but was fired after going 23-59. The former Sixers coach rejoined the club in January 2007 in the advisory role, but had said multiple times through media outlets that he would like to get back into coaching. He resigned his p |
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| Brown reportedly to guide Bobcats |
NBA Basketball |
04/29/2008 |
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| os Angeles Lakers in five games. After Brown resigned as Philadelphia's coach and vice president in May 2003, he joined the Detroit Pistons and led the team to the 2004 title, and the 2005 NBA Finals. The Hall of Famer then took over as coach of the New York Knicks for the 2006 campaign, but was fired after going 23-59. Brown also spent time coaching in the college ranks, winning the 1988 national championship at Kansas, and reaching a final with UCLA, and is the only head coach in basketball history to win bo |
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