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作者: outdance (修身) 看板: NBA
標題: [情報] 太陽主帥帥位也不保了
時間: Wed Apr 30 14:39:33 2008
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/specials/playoffs/2008/
SAN ANTONIO -- Mike D'Antoni, the NBA's Coach of the Year for the 2004-05
season and the man credited with re-invigorating fast-break basketball in
a league gone stale, will not be back to coach the Phoenix Suns for the
2008-09 season, SI.com has learned.
D'Antoni deferred questions about his job status after the Suns were eliminated
by the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round
playoff series on Wednesday night at the AT&T Center in Alamo City. "I'm
just really proud of my guys," D'Antoni said after the Spurs' 92-87 win
that marked the third time in four years that San Antonio has ended the Suns
' season. He did not address his own situation. But sources within the organization
confirm that D'Antoni feels he does not have the backing of upper management
--specifically owner Robert Sarver and general manager Steve Kerr -- and
considers the situation irredeemable.
The Suns have long been one of the NBA's model franchises, and both D'Antoni
and Kerr, for whatever differences they might have about the direction of
the team, are respected around the league. It's hard to believe, then, that
D'Antoni's situation would devolve into an ugly, protracted war, New York
Knicks style.
How exactly the scenario unfolds depends largely on whether or not D'Antoni
gets another job offer. The most palatable scenario for all in Phoenix would
be: Team A asks the Suns for permission to talk to D'Antoni, who has two
years left on his contract; Suns say OK; D'Antoni interviews and is hired
.
One landing spot for him would seem to be Chicago, where general manager
Jim Paxson has not yet replaced Jim Boylan, who himself replaced Scott Skiles
(now in charge in Milwaukee). The Bulls underachieved this season under
both coaches but would seem to have the kind of offensive nucleus (Ben Gordon
, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Andres Nocioni) with which D'Antoni could build
.
One other possibility is New York, where new GM Donnie Walsh is taking his
time making a head-coach decision despite speculation that the hiring of
former point guard Marc Jackson is a done deal. There has also been whispers
of D'Antoni taking over in Toronto, where Sam Mitchell's coaching future
is an ongoing discussion and where Bryan Colangelo, D'Antoni's former boss
in Phoenix and still a close friend, is calling the shots. But Toronto doesn
't seem as comfortable a fit for D'Antoni as Chicago or even New York. Don
't look for that to happen.
As is the custom with all NBA teams, D'Antoni will meet soon with Sarver
and Kerr, together or separately. Kerr said before Sunday's Game 4, which
turned out to be the Suns' lone series win, that D'Antoni's departure was
not a fait accompli as far as he is concerned. He would not comment on D
'Antoni's status after Game 5. But a source said that Kerr would make a few
demands in the postseason debriefing: that D'Antoni devote more practice
time to defense; have more confidence in his bench players, i.e., go to
an expanded rotation; develop a clearer plan for a point guard to back up
Steve Nash; get more planned touches out of Amare' Stoudemire in post-up
situations.
D'Antoni, sources say, believes that the situation has been festering all
season and that nothing would be accomplished in the meeting. Whatever the
circumstances of his departure, it will probably be presented as as a rift
between coach and GM, and to a large extent that's true. But when Colangelo
left for Toronto, mostly because he and Sarver were doomed not to co-exist
harmoniously, D'Antoni lost his biggest booster in the front office, as
well as a friend. It's what happens in the NBA and in all pro sports.
Over four full seasons D'Antoni racked up a 232-96 record, made the Western
finals twice and changed the way that observers both in and out of the league
thought about the game. Management might have some legit gripes about his
defensive coaching, and remember that D'Antoni was a bigger booster of the
trade for Shaquille O'Neal than Kerr was.
But Suns' management now faces one extremely formidable challenge in l'affaire
D'Antoni: Finding someone better.
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