Isiah Thomas gets contract extention......what?

[Chuck~Taylor]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2795257

Sorry if this is a DB. Yeah, they're 8th in the east right now, but a multiyear contract extension for getting your team 5 games under .500?

 

[Ellis Redding]

Further proof that the dumbest man in MSG is not Zeke, but James Dolan.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Further proof that the dumbest man in MSG is not Zeke, but James Dolan.

a.k.a. Dumb and Dumber

 

[BYH]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2795257

Sorry if this is a DB. Yeah, they're 8th in the east right now, but a multiyear contract extension for getting your team 5 games under .500?

Says the guy touting Kobe as MVP.

Why, without Isiah, the Knicks would be like 30 games under .500!!! He deserves this!!!!

 

[SoSueMe]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2795257

Sorry if this is a DB. Yeah, they're 8th in the east right now, but a multiyear contract extension for getting your team 5 games under .500?

I had the same reaction when I read it earlier today (and posted it in in the NBA thread )

They're in eighth with more six mores right now than they had all last season. But then I think the East is worse than it was a season ago.

Not to mention Zeke's part in the brawl and the fact he's kept the Knicks over the cap.

None of it makes sense to me.

 

[spnited]

Mr. Dolan likes the heart the Knicks are showing under Zeke.
Mr. Dolan likes the direction Zeke is taking the franchise.
Mr. Dolan likes the development of the young players under Zeke
Mr. Dolan thinks the franchise is in much better shape than when Zeke took over as GM in 2003.

Mr. Dolan has no ****ing clue.

 

[Ellis Redding]

Who would have thought Knicks fans would pine for the days of Dave Checketts and Scott Layden.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

I will say this. I think having the Knicks in the playoffs(no matter how their record looks) would be great for them because it'll create some buzz down at MSG. Who knows, with those eastern conference teams, they could get to the 2nd round(if they don't end up playing Detroit).
Having said that, why is Thomas still coaching?

P.S. Whatever happened to that sexual harrassment lawsuit?

 

[BYH]

Who would have thought Knicks fans would pine for the days of Dave Checketts and Scott Layden.

What's the one common link in these eras?

Dumbass Jimmy Dolan, a drunkard and cokehead who sings in a blues band despite being the founding member and president of the Lucky Sperm Club. (Jeff Wilpon is VP)

 

[Ellis Redding]

This thread badly needs Starman's presence. Can someone break out the Larry BrownBatlight?

 

[Starman]

I predicted (somebody can go look it up somewhere if they actually care enough, which I don't) that the Knicks would be improved this season, in fact I believe I used the exact phrase "they will win about 35 games," for one very very very simple reason:

Unlike Larry Brown, Isiah Thomas (who is a mediocre coach as well as a world-class Millen-level disaster as a GM) is not intentionally tanking games in order to make the ownership and players look bad.

 

[Ellis Redding]

Zeke has failed in every post-retirement venture, yet has managed to fail upward. At this rate, he'll take over for David Stern and watch as the NHL overtakes the NBA in popularity.

But as horrible a GM as he is, Zeke is a fine evaluator of young talent. I think he'd make a damned fine scout.

 

[broadway joe]

Isiah is merely doing what Larry Brown could have done a year ago if he hadn't focused so much attention on getting Isiah canned instead of actually, you know, coaching the team. Say what you want about Isiah, but he's accentuated what his players can do instead of crying to the press about what they can't, the way Brown did. Zeke has done a decent job that looks even better because Brown did such a ****ty one. Larry got Isiah this extension by making him look good by comparison.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Thus, the once-proud New York Knicks slide further into NBA irrelevancy.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Who would have thought Knicks fans would pine for the days of Dave Checketts and Scott Layden.

Honestly? Me. The day Thomas was hired. I'd rather have Stirling or Bianchi too, believe it ot not. It's amazing as a Knick fan (in theory, at least), Dolan has his chice of just about anyone in the world to run his team, and his enthusiastic first choice is my absolute last. I can't think of another professional basketball person who I wouldn't trade Tsaiah in for in a heartbeat.

 

[ondeadline]

That should teach women employees at MSG that they should keep their complaints to themselves.

 

[Webster]

He's not a great coach -- how many times can one team isolate Jamal Crawford in a one possession situation -- but as someone who watches a majority of Knicks games, I think that he does a pretty good job. It's hard to separate Zeke the chef from Zeke the grocery chooser (to use the Parcells analogy), but I really don't think that he's done a bad job with this talent.

 

[slappy4428]

 

[tommyp]

Isiah is merely doing what Larry Brown could have done a year ago if he hadn't focused so much attention on getting Isiah canned instead of actually, you know, coaching the team. Say what you want about Isiah, but he's accentuated what his players can do instead of crying to the press about what they can't, the way Brown did. Zeke has done a decent job that looks even better because Brown did such a ****ty one. Larry got Isiah this extension by making him look good by comparison.

The extension was guaranteed when they had one more win than last year's debacle. A reward for proving a point, so to speak, with practically the same roster as last year.

However, I think in the long run, Brown's point ultimately will be proven. This roster is no closer to being championship-caliber, even if they do make the playoffs.

Though I still don't understand the Ariza-Francis deal.

 

[outofplace]

Isiah is merely doing what Larry Brown could have done a year ago if he hadn't focused so much attention on getting Isiah canned instead of actually, you know, coaching the team. Say what you want about Isiah, but he's accentuated what his players can do instead of crying to the press about what they can't, the way Brown did. Zeke has done a decent job that looks even better because Brown did such a ****ty one. Larry got Isiah this extension by making him look good by comparison.

The extension was guaranteed when they had one more win than last year's debacle. A reward for proving a point, so to speak, with practically the same roster as last year.

However, I think in the long run, Brown's point ultimately will be proven. This roster is no closer to being championship-caliber, even if they do make the playoffs.

Though I still don't understand the Ariza-Francis deal.

Simple. Thomas is a lousy GM.
He's not a terrible coach, and keeping him in that capacity isn't such a bad idea. But they need a new GM.