GREENBURGH, N.Y. _ David Fizdale does not see the hyenas circling. He doesn't think that Sunday night's exceptional news conference is a sign his job coaching the Knicks is in immediate jeopardy. He lends even less credence to the ESPN report Monday that said team president Steve Mills plans to use him as a fall guy.
One thing, though, is certain: Somebody has a false view of what's going on with the Knicks. Either it's large swaths of the media and fan base, which saw Mills and general manager Steve Perry hold a news conference decrying the state of the team after an embarrassing loss to the Cavaliers Sunday, and assumed Fizdale's days were numbered. Or, it's Fizdale, who walked over to Mills and Perry after practice Monday and shared a laugh. They spoke earlier that morning, too, he said, like they do almost every day, and the front-office duo watched practice from the little gallery adjacent to the courts.
"I'm not feeling that at all," Fizdale said of the report. "I thought they've been very supportive to me."
