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Mike D'Antoni good for Lakers, Mike Woodson best for Knicks

Mike D'Antoni reacts during the third quarter of

Photo credit: AP | Mike D'Antoni reacts during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game against the New Jersey Nets at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Feb. 4, 2012)

The Lakers mishandled Mike D'Antoni's hiring from the beginning. They shouldn't have flirted with Phil Jackson if D'Antoni, the former Knicks coach, was their first choice all along, as the Lakers say.

No matter what, the Lakers, and particularly executive vice president Jim Buss, look bad here. You're talking about Jackson, a coach who has won 11 NBA titles, five of them with the Lakers....

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