Mike D'Antoni's tenure with the New York Knicks provided plenty of headlines surrounding his handling of superstars especially his turbulent relationship with Carmelo Anthony.
Houston Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni is currently embroiled in a tough western conference playoff battle with the San Antonio Spurs. Instead of discussing the series in a recent feature with ESPN the former NBA coach of the year decided to take a trip down memory lane with his coaching history. One of his big mentions in the feature dealt with his time as head coach of the New York Knicks and dealing with current franchise star Carmelo Anthony.
D'Antoni coached the Knicks from 2008 until his resignation towards the end of the 2012 season leading may to speculate
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The Knicks would go on to make the playoffs in 2012 eventually falling to the Miami Heat in 5 games. The sudden change at the head coaching spot was played down especially after new coach Mike Woodson helped to lead the team to a 54 win season in 2013 eventually losing in the semi finals in 6 games to the Indiana Pacers.
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The tension between D'Antoni and Anthony was rumored to have started after the ten time all-star refused to convert to power forward in order to accomodate the emergence of newcomer Jeremy Lin. Lin flourished under D'antoni during the 2012 season allegedly garnering plenty of criticism and jealousy from teammates including Anthony according to D'Antoni during an interview with The Vertical last year.
“So now it’s like, what are we going to do? We could see how to go and I didn’t know how to get there and with losing again and you’re trying to prod them and you’re trying to tell ‘em to play harder and all the coach’s speak and communication just like deteriorated, (Carmelo and I) don’t have a bad relationship. I speak to him. He’s a good guy, But I had one vision that I wanted him to play one way. He wanted to go the other way. I couldn’t get to my