The former Knicks and Suns coach has signed a three-year, $12-million deal after the team passed on the expensive demands of Phil Jackson.D'Antoni's Suns Flunked Finals. Mike D'Antoni finished first or second in the West from 2004-07 with the Suns. He is one of three coaches since 1996-97 to not reach the Finals over a three-year span despite finishing first or second in the conference.So here I am, the Welcome Wagon, the first media guy in Los Angeles talking to Mike D'Antoni and he's not quitting. I thought I would be spending the day genuflecting in front of the Zen Master again, but by the time I'm finished with D'Antoni I'mShawn Marion, fiercely proud and a little defensive, was fond of telling reporters during the height of the Seven Seconds or Less Era in Phoenix that.The Los Angeles Lakers will no longer be searching for a new coach when they take the floor Tuesday night, but their newest employee won't be on the bench quite yet.
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