Knicks' Walsh wooed D'Antoni with love and money, as Bulls lost out

By Chad Ford
ESPN.com

Saturday, May 10, 2008

When Donnie Walsh took over as the president of the New York Knicks in March, he promised to bring hope and change to the most dysfunctional franchise in sports. Walsh's first big moves as Knicks president show he's going to walk the walk. First he fired Isiah Thomas as coach. And now Walsh has lured Mike D'Antoni from the Phoenix Suns to the Knicks -- an improbable home run that could immediately turn the fortunes of a franchise in desperate need of optimism. D'Antoni will bring a pedigree o ...

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