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Laurel D’Antoni found roses delivered to her doorstep of her Westchester home at 10 a.m. yesterday.
She was thrilled at the Valentine’s Day sentiment, but cautious as she picked up the flowers.
“I wouldn’t have been surprised if the note card said Jeremy on it instead of Laurel, ’’ she said.
Then Laurel, the wife of Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni for 28 years, added over the phone yesterday, “Mike loves his players. Honestly, I wished he would’ve given roses to them.’’
Jeremy Lin, in particular. In just 11 days, the “Linderella’’ story has lifted D’Antoni’s status from embattled coach on the firing line to the offensive genius he was known as in Phoenix....
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