With the Raptors’ head-coaching job opening yesterday, there was speculation Toronto president Bryan Colangelo would be interested in bringing Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni to Canada to replace Jay Triano.
Colangelo was D’Antoni’s boss in Phoenix and they are friends. But D’Antoni’s agent, Warren LeGarie, said D’Antoni has no interest in trying to get out of the final year of his contract.
“There’s absolutely no truth to [Mike wanting to go to Toronto],” LeGarie said. “It’s amusing.”
According to a Raptors source late last night, Colangelo has no plans to ask the Knicks for permission to speak with D’Antoni.
Knicks president Donnie Walsh repeatedly has said he wants D’Antoni to return, feeling he never has coached the Knicks with a stable roster, including this season.
D’Antoni has just one year left on his pact, but there have been no talks of a contract extension.
Colangelo said on a conference call yesterday that he was looking for a “defensive-minded” coach.