I Am Calling this Now

S.I. Claims D'Antoni is on the verge of being fired.
D'Antoni is going to Coach Toronto and Sam Mitchell is out.

1) Toronto has quick guards (Ford, and Calderon, or as Dimemag calls them, Forderon).
2) Speaking of Calderon, he's going to get signed back and have a pretty decent contract.
3) Bosh is quick for a 4, will run the break, and will have a better next year.
4) Kapono, if utilized properly, will space the floor, helping to spread the D.
5) Brian Colangelo was the former Suns GM before he jumped ship to TO.
6) They've got a bunch of International players (Calderon, Andrea Bargniani, Jorge Garbosa, and Carlos Delfino) and D'Antoni is familiar with that style of play from playing and coaching in Europe. Best believe he will know how to utilize the talent and get the best out of that team.

Think about how much hype will follow him there. Toronto easily becomes a top 5 team in the East if D'Antoni does the same with what he did with the Suns.

D'Antoni (as much as I don't really like him) will get the job in TO. The only stipulation? If (1) Sam Mitchell doesn't get fired [that's a big IF, if you ask me], or (2) D'Antoni wants to take a year off. But he'd be dumb to not take over that team.

Since Steve (Defenseless) Nash isn't there, that's definitely a team I don't have a problem cheering for.

Time will tell.

Also in the coaching market this summer: Avery Johnson. Sorry dude, you ('re team) failed in the finals, and exited in the first round two years in a row. Although the first came as a shocker, the second wasn't much of a surprise. You were the victim of what will eventually be remembered as the worst trade in Dallas history. Goodbye future (Devin Harris), hello borderline lottery (with Kidd). It's not that Kidd isn't a future hall of fame PG, or can't still make an impact, it's the Dallas doesn't have the dominant wings that NJ had. RJ and Vinsanity make those cuts and get to the rack, properly utilizing Kidd's talent.

I recently discussed this with my friend. I thought the trade was a good move at first. But the problem is that Kidd is clearly not as quick as he used to be. His J is virtually done...and he can't be expected to go up against those quick PG's in the West that are 10 years younger than he is (Deron Williams, Paul, Parker). He might be able to post them up, but those guys have a devastating first step. So in the end, Dallas fell because they rely far too much on their jump shooting and not on a low-post game, or slashing on the baselines to the rack. That and New Orleans has, without a doubt, a future HOF point guard in Paul.