Was Isiah the Mastermind Behind the D'Antoni Hire???

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he genesis of the New York Knicks president=92s infatuation with Mike
D=92Antoni rewinds to an ironic and failed court****p eight years ago. As
an old friend of the past Pacers general manager tells it, Donnie
Walsh wanted D=92Antoni for an assistant coaching job. They met, talked
for hours and Walsh was mesmerized by a journeyman=92s vision of
bringing Euro offensive principles to the NBA.

Yes, Walsh wanted to hire D=92Antoni as the Pacers offensive
coordinator, but there was one problem.

Isiah Thomas didn=92t want him on his Indiana coaching staff.

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Ok, maybe he wasn't...