Knicks Rumors: New York Foolish to Consider Firing Mike D'Antoni Now

The New York Knicks are playing terrible basketball and they have nobody to blame but themselves.

Not only are they playing terrible basketball, but they're in a nearly uncorrectable situation with nobody to blame but themselves.

The Knicks have few tradable pieces, no guard play and a sitting duck coach in over his head.

Mike D'Antoni has himself a team with injury issues and two superstar scorers who cannot seem to work together for the life of them.

The Knicks gambled on Baron Davis being healthy sooner rather than later and believed him to be the veteran point guard presence they desperately need.

Now, 21 games into the season, the Knicks haven't been able to get Davis on the court and they've won only eight games all season.

According to a Knicks blog post from ESPN New York, there is even a report that D'Antoni could be fired if the Knicks lose their next two games:

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One report in "The Daily" stated that D'Antoni would be fired by owner James Dolan on Sunday if the Knicks lost to Chicago and Boston so the Knicks could avoid a media firestorm with the Giants in the Super Bowl. 

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However, ESPN New York adds, "But the popular belief is that D'Antoni will get a chance to coach a healthy Baron Davis."

If and when Davis will be healthy is one of the mysteries surrounding this team, but that isn't even the concern they should have. They're not sure how Davis will fit in with this basketball team, if he's capable of staying healthy, if he can even still play the game at an elite level.

The Knicks don't need any more mediocre-to-poor guard play on their team.

But the one thing they cannot afford to do is blow it all up by bringing in a new coach. For starters, there isn't anybody that is going to be willing to take on this mess of a team as they are right now.

D'Antoni isn't the problem to start with. Although he doesn't preach defense, there isn't anything a new coach can do if the players don't want to respond or execute.

There is no quick fix for this team; they've invested too much into the roster they've put together.

Until the Knicks have the correct coach for this team or the team they put together in the future, they need to keep D'Antoni on the bench.