Kenny Anderson is trying to work his way back to the NBA from the bottom up. After a year of coaching the Atlanta Krunk in the CBA, his agent, Billy Diamond, sent the following email to several members of the New York media, a portion of which was re-printed by Marc Berman of the New York Post:"Kenny is trying to get into the NBA as either an Assistant Coach or Director of Player Development. He has been a Mentor to Stephon Marbury since high school. Who better to be a mentor than Kenny who played over a decade in the league in the NYC area. Two months ago, Kenny attended an assistant coaches seminar put on by the NBA and will be coaching/teaching in the Orlando Pre-Draft Camp later this month. Two years ago he was a volunteer assistant coach at St. Thomas Aquinas in Ft. Lauderdale, near where he lives and this past season he was the head coach of the Atlanta Krunk of the CBA and coaches Steph's brother Zach.''I'm not sure his year with the Krunk is his proudest accomplishment: his team went 10-41, finishing the season by losing 18 straight. That said, Anderson gets my props for actually trying to gain experience as opposed to some former players (cough, Mark Jackson, cough) who merely hitch a ride on the announcing circuit and hope something falls in their lap.
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1. At least Kenny Anderson has the coaching experince from working in the CBA and is willing to learn the coaching profession from working in the minor leagues instead of being a houshehold without head coaching experince like Mark Jackson.
Posted at 12:46AM on May 17th 2008 by George B Vieto
2. I think this would be a great move for the Knicks. As a guy from Queens and a basketball star in his own right, Anderson definitely would command some initial respect from Marbury and the rest of the Knicks roster.
Posted at 10:16AM on May 17th 2008 by Ryne Nelson