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Mike D'Antoni: 'I shouldn't have gone to New York'

Wednesday November 28, 2012 5:18 PM By Anthony Rieber

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni reacts

Photo credit: Getty

New Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni said in a story posted on Wednesday by ESPNLA.com that he regrets having left Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns for the Knicks in 2008.

“I shouldn’t have gone to New York,” D’Antoni said. “I should have stuck in there and battled. You don’t get to coach somebody like [Nash] too many times. It’s pretty sacred and you need to take care of it. I didn’t.”

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