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Woodson Proving His Worth


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When Mike D’Antoni resigned as the Knicks head coach on March 14th, there was immediate buzz about who would be coaching the Knicks next year. The general public put a fork in New York and began discussing possible suitors for next season. For some reason, the only name seemingly not in the mix was Interim head coach Mike Woodson. Now, a little over a month after D’Antoni left this team for dead, Woodson has led the Knicks back into the playoffs with a 16-6 record as the lead man. He has a team that lost 8 of its last 10 games under D’Antoni feeling confident that it can win again. In fact, in the 22 games that Woodson has been at the helm, they have not lost consecutive games. What once seemed like a temporary way to stop the bleeding may turn out to be the cure.
As soon as D’Antoni resigned, experts were saying the Knicks needed a big name coach to take the reins, most projecting Phil Jackson as the lead candidate. Woodson was considered a dark horse, if even that. But what have big names done for poor teams in the recent past? Continue reading

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