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D'Antoni system isn't getting the point

Knicks guard Chris Duhon tries to get past

Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

As Charles Barkley might say if he ever watched the Knicks run the once-vaunted Mike D'Antoni offense, "Steve Nash is rolling over in his grave."

With a lineup littered with ball-stoppers and joggers, what can you expect? Of course you would expect a little more if the most important position on the floor in this system -- the point guard -- was producing better results.

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