No James Dolan didn't come down on him; D'Antoni was unable to get a team full of stars from Anthony to Amar'e Stoudemire, Jeremy Lin and Tyson Chandler, and reliable players, Steve Novack, Iman Shumpert to gel and become a complete unit.
Anthony has been miserable offensively. He has not played well with Lin, and his poor play has also carried over to Stoudemire who has been completely lost both offensively and defensively this year. Lin, who lit the world on fire in February, has watched his production go down as the league adjusts to his style of play. Lin has also had difficulty working with Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler, who are basically two centers and a power forward, and can't run the offense he wants; moreover, he has had Baron Davis bearing down on his playing time.
Mike Woodsen, who was brought in as a defensive coordinator, will likely take over as the team's head coach. Woodsen was forced on D'Antoni at the beginning of the year to get this team to play better defense.
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