Clearly, Isiah has photos of Little Jimmy Dolan committing unspeakable acts.

How the hell did he get this job?

Someone will be dumb enough to hire him.

 

Just in time to sign LeBron James when he becomes a free agent.

 

What's best for the franchise is to fire Isiah Thomas within the next 30 seconds.

If you're Walsh, you cannot tolerate Isiah around, in any capacity whatsoever.

The new president/GM is going to have to make a lot of drastic changes a lot of people aren't going to like. If the former president/GM is still hanging around for people to cry on his shoulder, everything the new president/GM does is undercut. "But Isiah didn't do things this way..."

You gotta cut that shit off at the ankles, by publicly and emphatically firing Isiah Thomas. Walk out on the court at halftime at the next home game, grab the PA mike, and order security to escort Isiah out the loading dock exit, face first if necessary.

 

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What, you're not a fan of unnecessary public spectacles?

Isiah won't be the Knicks' coach next season. That's obvious. Isiah won't have any power within the organization. That's why Little Jimmy is bringing Donnie Walsh in. Why turn his firing into an even bigger circus?

 

Oh, it's necessary. If Isiah is even in the building, in the organization in any capacity, the authority of Walsh and whatever coach is brought in next year is undermined. The way to preemptively eliminate that is with a very emphatic public firing.

Not "We're reassigning you to executive assistant in charge of toilet paper rolls," but "You're Fired. Get. The. Fuck. Out."

 

I disagree. Isiah is going to be nowhere to be found, nowhere to be heard following this season. Let him finish out the remaining games while Walsh begins the hunt for a new coach and slashing payroll.

 

Hopefully Donnie can bring some of the magic of the Pacer championship seasons to the Knicks. Was it 2 or 3 championships that he won with the Pacers?

 

New York is the largest television market in America. By a wide margin. Every commissioner in every sport dreams of New York teams in the playoffs - for the ratings they generate. And the NBA's ratings have been declining for years.

Here's the market chart. Look for San Antonio. Or Memphis. Or New Orleans. Stern would go to his reward a happy man if the Lakers and the Knicks played for every championship between now and 2025.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_North_America_by_media_market

 

Wow, really. There's lots of people in New York? Thanks for clearing that up for me. I never understood what the fuss was until now.

 

Then why ask the question?

 

First of all, there was absolutely no new information in your post. I understand why some posters here are going on about the importance of New York because of the size of the market.

Secondly, that was only part of my question. I think that to the rest of the country, the Knicks are just another team. In fact, I think outside of New York and the surrounding area, I think every New York team except the Yankees is just another franchise. I really am curious if those outside of the New York area who follow the NBA agree with that assessment.

Yes, New York is a huge market. But the commissioner of any sport can't think just of New York. He has to be thinking of the entire league. If he's going to step in to help fix the Knicks, he should be doing that for every franchise.