D'Antoni to the Knicks | Right Move

Believe it or not, there are some fan favorites on this team. David Lee is chief among them. Renaldo Balkman's cannonball style of basketball has earned himself some fans as well. Nate Robinson's game seems to swing like a pendulum, but he's a popular player nonetheless. In his limited minutes toward the end of the season, fans liked what they saw out of Wilson Chandler as well. The one quality that all of these players have in common is that they rebound the basketball (even little Nate) and they run the floor. Think D'Antoni can find a use for players like that? And let's not forget the team's leading scorer, Jamal Crawford. You tell me, is this a guy best suited for walking the ball up the floor or tearing up and down it? Hell, maybe QRich isn't washed up after all. If anyone can find that out, it'd be his coach from Phoenix. Bottom line. Obviously this is a team and roster in flux, however the reality of the situation is that there are pieces in place here who, like it or not, D'Antoni will have to coach, and the coach's job will be to make those pieces as effective and competitive as possible. Walsh is thinking outside the box on this one, and I think he just might have gotten it right.