Knicks 解雇する/砲火/射撃 coach Fizdale after 4-18 start
The New York Knicks 解雇する/砲火/射撃d 戦闘の準備を整えた 長,率いる coach David Fizdale, the team 発表するd on Friday.
The move comes one day after Fizdale labeled the Knicks' 業績/成果 as "sickening" に引き続いて a 129-92 後退 to the Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden. The loss was New York's eighth in a 列/漕ぐ/騒動 and 18th in 22 games this season.
The Knicks' 4-18 記録,記録的な/記録する is tied for the worst start to a season in franchise history. The team also 地位,任命するd a 4-18 示す in 2014-15 en 大勝する to a 17-65 finish.
New York also 解任するd assistant coach Keith Smart and 指名するd assistant マイク Miller as 暫定的な 長,率いる coach.
Fizdale was asked after Thursday's contest if he was worried that the team's troubles would be 非難するd on him.
"I don't care about all of that, I don't even think about that really," the 45-year-old Fizdale said.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Malika Andrews 報告(する)/憶測d last month that Knicks 大統領,/社長 Steve Mills had begun laying the 基礎 for Fizdale's 結局の 解雇する/砲火/射撃ing.
Fizdale, who is in the middle of a four-year 契約, has 地位,任命するd a 21-83 記録,記録的な/記録する with the Knicks since 存在 雇うd in May 2018.
New York had the NBA's worst 記録,記録的な/記録する at 17-65 in 2018-19, but did not receive the No. 1 選ぶ in the 2019 NBA 草案 and 行方不明になるd the chance to 草案 Zion Williamson.
The Knicks also failed to land 最高の,を越す-tier 解放する/自由な スパイ/執行官s Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. 競争相手 Brooklyn, instead, 調印するd the pair.
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