Found January 30, 2012 on Rant Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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After another frustrating night for the New York Knicks, who have lost nine of their last games, Tyson Chandler came out with a promise to Knick’s fans, saying “I refuse to have a losing season…” Those are some bold words from Mr. Chandler, especially after a season in which he left the NBA Champions Dallas Mavericks to join Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony in New York. After the loss, this leaves the Knicks at 7-13, six games below .500 with only 44 games to play in the season. It is certainly not out of the question that they can turn it around, but can they? Mike D’Antoni is an offensive minded coach. Hell would freeze over before he decides to give a darn about the defensive side of the ball. Tyson Chandler is the opposite way. He doesn’t care about the offensive side of the ball, but he is the enforcer in the middle. Only problem is, when you have four other guys on the court who do not care about defense, it makes it hard to play ...
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