Updated: November 14, 2012, 8:02 am ET

D’Antoni: I’ve Failed if Lakers Not in Hunt

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

Sometime on Wednesday, Mike D’Antoni will board a flight from New York to Los Angeles, hobbling on a still-healing knee, and step into one of the most high-profile jobs in professional sports.

His interview for the job was short and to the point, and the expectations are crystal clear: Win now. And win it all.

“I’m going to do everything I can do to win a championship,” D’Antoni said Tuesday afternoon on the “Mason and Ireland” show on ESPNLA 710. “If we’re not at least in the hunt, a serious hunt, then I’ve failed as a head coach. I’m comfortable with that.”

via Ramona Shelburne of ESPN Los Angeles

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