{"id":27585,"date":"2019-12-06T18:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T23:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=27585"},"modified":"2019-12-06T18:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T23:58:36","slug":"new-york-knicks-fire-david-fizdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/12\/06\/new-york-knicks-fire-david-fizdale\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks Fire David Fizdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Knicks<\/a> have fired head coach David Fizdale. In the wake of the firing, assistant coach Mike Miller will assume head coaching duties. Additionally, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/boganke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keith Bogans<\/a><\/strong> (promoted from the G League) will serve as an assistant under Miller. Fizdale posted a 21-83 record in less than two seasons with the Knicks, including a 4-18 start to the 2019 season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>David Fizdale Fired by New York Knicks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Knicks hired Fizdale prior to the start of the 2018 season in hopes he would turn the dumpster fire Knicks into a legitimate NBA franchise. However, owner James Dolan decided to pull the trigger after just 21 wins in 104 tries. Fizdale joins a long list of coaches who failed to get the job done in the Big Apple. He finished with the worst record in team history behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownla01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry Brown<\/a><\/strong> (23-59) and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fishede01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Fisher<\/a><\/strong> (40-96).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Knicks have fired David Fizdale, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@wojespn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xIDBV04tih\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xIDBV04tih<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1203051829153583104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The firing comes as no surprise as the Knicks flaunted the second-worst record in the league behind only the injury-ridden <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/golden-state-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden State Warriors<\/a>. A change had to be made, and, in Dolan&#8217;s eyes, Fizdale was the only reasonable patsy. Fizdale may have actually come out as the winner in the transaction, though. The franchise owes him the full remainder of his $22 million contract, and he no longer has to coach the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>Since Dolan&#8217;s first full season as the owner (1999-00), the Knicks have had an NBA-high 12 head coaches. Now, they&#8217;ll get to add a 13th name to that illustrious list in the midst of a six-year playoff drought that will undoubtedly turn into a seven-year drought by June.<\/p>\n<p>The news simply continues a bad streak for the Knicks in recent history. First, they lost the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willizi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zion Williamson<\/a><\/strong> sweepstakes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/new-orleans-pelicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a>; however, they grabbed a great consolation prize in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barrerj01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RJ Barrett<\/a><\/strong>. Then, they struck out in free agency. Instead of signing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/strong>, they walked away with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/randlju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julius Randle<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/portibo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Portis<\/a><\/strong>. Now, they are once again in the head coaching market.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have been an irrelevant franchise for more than half a decade. If the right leader isn&#8217;t put in place to turn the ship around, they will remain in the cellar for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"EpSJG4DBR0JWGD6y2In-2w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1132013705\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'EpSJG4DBR0JWGD6y2In-2w',sig:'1d-vonYIiCYOyiS5RPiChxKJ1LLibOwzXItrEmfNwXU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1132013705',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks have fired head coach David Fizdale. In the wake of the firing, assistant coach Mike Miller will assume head coaching duties. Additionally, Keith Bogans (promoted from the G League) will serve as an assistant under Miller. Fizdale posted a 21-83 record in less than two seasons with the Knicks, including a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3009,"featured_media":27587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,62,12,3],"tags":[441,2684,723,2683,347,96,605,58,1964],"class_list":["post-27585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-nba","category-knicks","category-news","tag-david-fizdale","tag-david-fizdale-fired","tag-james-dolan","tag-keith-bogans","tag-mike-miller","tag-nba","tag-nba-eastern-conference","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-rj-barrett"],"modified_by":"Tyler Marling","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}