By JOSH NEWMAN

Special to ZAGSBLOG

GREENBURGH, N.Y. - As the news broke in the wee hours of Monday morning that it would be ex-Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni, not Phil Jackson, getting hired as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, attention back east turned to what the reaction would be from not only some of his former players, but from the man who followed in his footsteps, Knicks head coach…