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ESPN.com news services As Mike D'Antoni is set to be introduced as the Knicks' new coach, Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf told The Chicago Tribune that the former Suns coach "misled" him in his talks with Chicago, saying he didn't want to coach the Knicks. "I'm disappointed in him," Reinsdorf told the Tribune. "I don't know what else we could've done. He chose to go to New York knowing there was a good chance we would make him an offer. If he had really wanted to be in Chicago, he would've waited. Instead, he misled us. It's not the end of the world, but it is somewhat rude." D'Antoni agreed to take the Knicks job Saturday and was in New York on Monday to finalize terms of his contract. D'Antoni met with Reinsdorf for over two hours on Friday. "The second subject, I said if we need to get something done this weekend we shouldn't even bother talking because it will take longer than that," Reinsdorf told the Tribune. "He said nothing had to be done over the weekend. I also said if this proceeds to where we want to make an offer, we don't deal with coach's agents. He said that's not a problem and that money wasn't the most important thing anyway. He said he wanted a job where he was going to be happiest. He said he didn't want to coach the Knicks." The Knicks called a press conference for 1 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden with D'Antoni and team president Donnie Walsh. The Suns let D'Antoni seek other jobs after losing to San Antonio in the first round of the playoffs. He replaces Isiah Thomas, who was fired last month after going 56-108 in two seasons. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Back |
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