How About Those Knicks

Yes, How about those Knickerbockers, If you are a Knick fan, you have suffered through the pain and agony that is New York basketball for the better part of a decade so this has got to be music to your ears. So those who have been under a rock for the past month must be wondering who is responsible for this incredible turnaround, Carmelo? Linsanity? Tyson Chandler? while they all have played a role it is only fair to put this new found confidence in the hands of one man...Mike Woodson. Since taking over as the interim head coach the Knicks are 13-4 and playing some of the best defense that the fans haven't seen in years. He has driven a passion for defense out of team and it has especially resonated with Carmelo Anthony, much maligned for his lack of effort on the defensive side Anthony has started to take his match ups to task by bringing an in your face style that no opponent of his ever though he had. Under D'Antoni, The defense was less than highly porous he had completely lost the teams faith that he would make things work, D'Antoni has since stepped down and Woodson has the Knicks poised to be a dangerous playoff opponent for anyone that plays them, but as he alluded on Thursday the job is nowhere close to being done, Hopefully this is only just the beginning of something special brewing in the Big Apple.