DurzoBlint wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:D'Antoni was never a good relationship guy with his stars. Always clashed passive aggressively with players not named Nash. He's a system coach, simple as that. Doesn't have the ego management skills of Phil, the fire and brimstone of Pat Riley, the X and 0 execution of Sloan, the disciplinarian no nonsense approach of Popovich. He is who he is, a glorified stubborn offensive coordinator who's sometimes out of touch on the pulse of his teams, and hardly makes necessary adjustment in game or in philosophy.

-See rifts with Amare(Phx), Nate Robinson, Stephon Marbury, Carmelo Anthony, Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant

if not for D'Antoni, we'd probably still have Nate.

YOu say it like it would be a good thing.