Say What!?
Is he serious?
Before I go off on a tirade let me say this. I watch every Knicks game and the one thing about this team is that they really seem to have solid camaraderie. Teammates seem to like each other and really support each other, which in the NBA, is not all that common.
In baseball, this can make or break a season. A solid clubhouse can get a team over the hump. If players like their manager they might run a little harder to first base or not show him up when they get taken out of a game. These things are very important in baseball.
But this is basketball, and Isiah Thomas, with his team 5 games under .500 in the worst division in maybe the history of basketball, has no business getting an extension, at least not right now.
Being the 18th best team in basketball is not all that impressive, is it?
Sure, it looks great relative to last year. But last year was one of the bigger blowups in the history of sports. A godly coach coming to the biggest franchise in sports. It all should have worked and things should have been good. But when it didn't, things crashed and burned.
But, a lot of last year has to fall on Isiah Thomas. Every decision about this franchise was in someway his doing. Last year's team, for the most part, was Isiah's roster. So is this year's team.
Which is why there is only one thing that would make sense for Mr. Dolan and Isiah Thomas: give Isiah an extension to continue coaching this team. He may not be the greatest coach, but at least his players like him.
But why let this guy continue as Team President? Isiah is terrible at making personel decisions. At best, the Eddy Curry trade is a wash, if only because Tyrus Thomas doesn't emerge. He got very lucky drafting David Lee, a pick that Knicks fans heavily booed the night of the draft, with many seeking Chris Taft of Pittsburgh.
Outside of that, every basketball decision this guy has made has been HORRIBLE.
The Steve Francis deal.
Jerome James and Jared Jeffries.
Drafting Renaldo Balkman over Marcus Williams, Rajon Rondo, Alexander Johnson...etc, etc.
Cutting Jalen Rose instead of trading him with Channing Frye for Pau Gasol (would have been easy).
Dolan could have given Isiah $20 million reasons to come back as the head coach, but not as President, but for whatever reason, he felt the urge to get this done now. Maybe he has a concert tour this summer or maybe he was too drunk.
But this decision, like most decisions coming from the Garden, was dumb and it came at the wrong time.
VCD,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of Knicksonline.com, hoopshype.com)
Before I go off on a tirade let me say this. I watch every Knicks game and the one thing about this team is that they really seem to have solid camaraderie. Teammates seem to like each other and really support each other, which in the NBA, is not all that common.
In baseball, this can make or break a season. A solid clubhouse can get a team over the hump. If players like their manager they might run a little harder to first base or not show him up when they get taken out of a game. These things are very important in baseball.
But this is basketball, and Isiah Thomas, with his team 5 games under .500 in the worst division in maybe the history of basketball, has no business getting an extension, at least not right now.Being the 18th best team in basketball is not all that impressive, is it?
Sure, it looks great relative to last year. But last year was one of the bigger blowups in the history of sports. A godly coach coming to the biggest franchise in sports. It all should have worked and things should have been good. But when it didn't, things crashed and burned.
But, a lot of last year has to fall on Isiah Thomas. Every decision about this franchise was in someway his doing. Last year's team, for the most part, was Isiah's roster. So is this year's team.
Which is why there is only one thing that would make sense for Mr. Dolan and Isiah Thomas: give Isiah an extension to continue coaching this team. He may not be the greatest coach, but at least his players like him.
But why let this guy continue as Team President? Isiah is terrible at making personel decisions. At best, the Eddy Curry trade is a wash, if only because Tyrus Thomas doesn't emerge. He got very lucky drafting David Lee, a pick that Knicks fans heavily booed the night of the draft, with many seeking Chris Taft of Pittsburgh.Outside of that, every basketball decision this guy has made has been HORRIBLE.
The Steve Francis deal.
Jerome James and Jared Jeffries.
Drafting Renaldo Balkman over Marcus Williams, Rajon Rondo, Alexander Johnson...etc, etc.
Cutting Jalen Rose instead of trading him with Channing Frye for Pau Gasol (would have been easy).
Dolan could have given Isiah $20 million reasons to come back as the head coach, but not as President, but for whatever reason, he felt the urge to get this done now. Maybe he has a concert tour this summer or maybe he was too drunk.
But this decision, like most decisions coming from the Garden, was dumb and it came at the wrong time.
VCD,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of Knicksonline.com, hoopshype.com)
posted by Sippy Momo at 9:31 AM
3 Comments:
how many days is it before the nets move to brooklyn and we can officially start to root for them?
345435 days...no arena unless they playing at LIU Brooklyn.
The players do seem to enjoy playing for Isiah...or it could be an issue of them hating Larry Brown's style so much anything short of that makes them feel as if they won mega millions.
but i think it is the former because Jermaine ONeal still loves Isiah from like 7 seasons ago.
the ONE thing Isaiah can do is spot talent. BAlkman has been a good guy off the bench for his D and energy, which they certainly needed a lot more than another PG or Swingman. Lee was def a sleeper and I'll take Eddy Curry over most centers in the league that would ever be available for trade. His drafting is the only thing I have been happy with. Isaiah is a terrible GM and a worse Coach. The thing Dolan should have done is make him a Scout. That is all that would have made me happy.
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