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First task for D'Antoni should be player personnel

The Knicks' hiring of coveted coach Mike D'Antoni continues a positive spring trend for a franchise that just completed its seventh straight losing season last month.

The coach's four-year, $24 million deal is apparently not yet sealed. Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz wrote in an e-mail yesterday that an introductory news conference for D'Antoni would likely occur tomorrow or Wednesday,...

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