Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni says Isiah Thomas' involvement in the team's recruitment of LeBron James was a last-ditch effort.

D'Antoni called the move a "Hail Mary."

"We were sitting around and thinking what can we do to try and get it back and Isiah had an in with someone in [LeBron's] entourage," D'Antoni told the New York Daily News.

"It was a Hail Mary pass and everybody knew it. Everybody was on board, and how it was reported wasn't accurate. It was trying to be a good thing for the Knicks."