I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy.

C. Extortion attempt against Pitino
On April 18 2009 Pitino announced that he was a target of an extortion attempt. In just two years Pitino led the Knicks to their first division title in nearly twenty years.

Since 2001 he has been the head coach at the University of Louisville. Rick Pitino (born September 18 1952) is an American basketball coach. In addition Pitino has achieved a measure of success as an author and a motivational speaker.