"You open, you shoot. If you don't shoot, you sit" - Danilo Gallinari on how Mike D'Antoni's brutal simplicity unlocked his ...

Mike D’Antoni, not Phil Jackson, will be the next coach of the Lakers. “We signed Mike D’Antoni to a multi-year deal,” Lakers spokesman John Black said, mentioning the team’s owner and ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The smile on Mike D'Antoni's face Friday morning seemed genuine, which is saying something considering everything the Los Angeles Lakers coach faces at the moment.

D’Antoni resigned from the Rockets after being eliminated from the bubble to officially become a free agent. The intriguing prospect of Mike D’Antoni and Steve Nash reuniting has gained steam ...

Steve Nash and Mike D'Antoni formed one of the NBA's greatest player-coach duos. Matt York/AP "That was, to me, the beginning of the shift in the NBA in terms of how teams were gonna play," said ...

The Post’s cover on March 15, 2012. Former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni admitted to the worst-kept secret of his departure — he resigned on March 14, 2012, because of Carmelo Anthony.

“Mike was like the ambassador,” Morey, the Rockets’ general manager since 2007, told USA TODAY Sports, referring to D’Antoni’s appearance on the “Push the tempo” panel at the Boston ...

But when Mike D’Antoni took over as the head coach of the Houston Rockets last year, he saw Harden as something else: the kind of sleek distributor who could serve as the hub of an elite NBA ...

The chants are loud and unforgiving, ringing throughout Staples Center as Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni witnesses his injury-riddled roster labor through another loss. “We want Phil!” they yell ...

For 11 days, officially, it was nobody, until Sarver announced the successor on March 10: Mike D’Antoni. “Even when Bryan was there, Mike had a lot of power,” McCallum said.

The last time Mike D’Antoni won a playoff game, Steve Kerr was his boss, Shaquille O’Neal was his center, and Amar’e Stoudemire still hadn’t added the apostrophe to his first name. In the ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Coach Mike D'Antoni declared that re-establishing a rhythm is a much bigger priority for the Houston Rockets than resting players for the remainder of the regular season after the ...