While retired Lakers and Bulls coach Phil Jackson has frequently been named as a possible successor to D'Antoni, sources close to retired Utah coach Jerry Sloan say he would be interested in the position. Sloan retired abruptly in February 2011, and was pursued by a number of teams during the summer before resisting the recruiting efforts. In an interview with SI.com in early January, he said he was considering a return.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/sam_amick/03/14/trade.notebook/index.html#ixzz1p6Hy1qNf

I would LOVE Sloan - gritty defense, runs a mean pick and roll (meaning Lin would stay).

It'd be funny if the Knicks appealed to Sloan because it'd mean he could stick it to Deron.

Don't normally take too much stock in rumors like this, but Sam Amick is a pretty respected, no nonsense writer for Sports Illustrated.

are you kidding me? that's the best news I've heard in a long time. Sloan's teams run the pick and roll better than anyone's, so the team wouldn't have to completely start over (on offense, anyway)

Knicks in shambles ... again
The Knicks' inquiries regarding Howard were merely exploratory, with sources saying that one call came weeks ago and the latest came Monday night. Nonetheless, New York isn't expected to be active on the trade front before the deadline.

It's been less than a month since the Knicks were the best story in the NBA, with the Jeremy Lin craze going global and New York winning seven straight games to return to .500 (15-15). But with the Knicks having lost eight of 10 games since Carmelo Anthony returned to the lineup, change of a different kind could be coming in a number of forms.

Some sources close to the situation see a need for a coaching change, as Mike D'Antoni -- who is in the final year of his contract -- is seen by some as too soft for this group of talent. Others say the onus is on Anthony to change his ways, to go the way of Boston's Paul Pierce when it comes to transforming his game to fit those around him.

When the Celtics landed Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in 2007, Pierce sacrificed some of his scoring for the greater good of the team and became a more complementary player than he had in years past. But Boston coach Doc Rivers was given a great deal of credit for convincing Pierce to evolve, and the question now becomes whether D'Antoni has the cachet or the clout to play that role with Anthony.

An ESPN.com report published Tuesday night claimed D'Antoni had lost his locker room, as an anonymous source was quoted saying "he doesn't have the respect of the team anymore." The report said it's unlikely D'Antoni would return as coach next season -- if he survived this season at all.

While retired Lakers and Bulls coach Phil Jackson has frequently been named as a possible successor to D'Antoni, sources close to retired Utah coach Jerry Sloan say he would be interested in the position. Sloan retired abruptly in February 2011, and was pursued by a number of teams during the summer before resisting the recruiting efforts. In an interview with SI.com in early January, he said he was considering a return.

"I think if the right situation came along, whatever that is," he said. "I don't know what the right situation is. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.

"[Returning to coaching] is a decision where, if somebody talked to me, I'd review the situation like anybody else and take it from there."

eViL wrote:sloan, hmm... let's see:

runs an offense almost entirely based on the pick and roll? check.

runs an offense that heavily emphasizes the PF and the PG? check.

already has quit rather than deal with a superstar diva? check.

he's the total opposite of MDA!! let's hire him. hold on...

WAIT A MINUTE!!!

I like him as a coach very tough on his players, I would like to see Melo's face the minute the Knicks hire him. LOL

eViL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

eViL wrote:sloan, hmm... let's see:

runs an offense almost entirely based on the pick and roll? check.

runs an offense that heavily emphasizes the PF and the PG? check.

already has quit rather than deal with a superstar diva? check.
he's the total opposite of MDA!! let's hire him. hold on...

WAIT A MINUTE!!!

yeah, he may not be up for the Melo-drama

no real coach wants to deal with coddling adult multi-millionaires who make money playing a kids game. not MDA. not Sloan.

yup. this is why i side with MDA and want Melo out.

but the writing is on the wall that MDA is gonna lose this fight and Melo will be enabled again. this is how Marbury types are created.

crzymdups wrote:

eViL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

eViL wrote:sloan, hmm... let's see:

runs an offense almost entirely based on the pick and roll? check.

runs an offense that heavily emphasizes the PF and the PG? check.

already has quit rather than deal with a superstar diva? check.
he's the total opposite of MDA!! let's hire him. hold on...

WAIT A MINUTE!!!

yeah, he may not be up for the Melo-drama

no real coach wants to deal with coddling adult multi-millionaires who make money playing a kids game. not MDA. not Sloan.

yup. this is why i side with MDA and want Melo out.

but the writing is on the wall that MDA is gonna lose this fight and Melo will be enabled again. this is how Marbury types are created.

i already made a post that shows that Melo's history and actions leading up to him becoming a Knick reveal him to be a selfish player. no way he's ever going to embrace any coach. because any coach worth anything is going to ask Melo to sacrifice. and Melo, being the scared child that he is, is threatened by coaches who ask him to sacrifice. he's afraid of losing the status that he's fought so hard to keep.

he doesn't want to be a player on THE team. he wants to be THE player on a team.

GustavBahler wrote:Would do it in a heartbeat, Melo or no Melo.

yup

Get it done!