US EditionEx-Knicks coach said team told him to tank, assured him these stars were coming
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Ex-Knicks coach said team told him to tank, assured him these stars were coming
Ex-Knicks coach David Fizdale says team brass told him to tank during the 2018-19 season to try to get Zion Williamson or Ja Morant, while assuring him that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were coming to the Knicks the following summer.
David Fizdale assured that he had agreed to "tanker" in the 2018/19 season, when he accepted the position of Knicks coach. A strategy he regretted, especially that he was fired the season after...
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In an appearance on the Run It Back podcast, David Fizdale claims that he and Knicks management worked out a plan to tank when he was their head coach during the 2018/19 season to improve their chances of drafting Zion Williamson or Ja Morant (hat tip to NJ.com). Fizdale also states that management promised him that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving would be joining the team as free agents the following summer. “The plan that we came up with, I was …
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