Before the ball goes up …
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- November
- 24
I took a vacation day to hang out at home with the kids and put up the Christmas tree. Blogging about this team would have certainly ruined the mood.
But here we are.
The Knicks are catching another break this afternoon, no Luol Deng for the Bulls.
Or maybe that’s not a good sign. They were able to avoid Dwyane Wade, Elton Brand and Mike Bibby as well, but lost all three of those games.
Most of the pregame conversation with Isiah Thomas centered on whether a public vote of confidence from ownership would end the speculation about his future and send a message to the locker room about who’s in charge of this mess.
Here’s a sample of the circuitous answer …
“For us internally, we all understand exactly where we are, players and coaches and management and ownership,” Thomas said. “We can’t control the speculation that’s outside of the house. But inside of the house we all know where we’re at and know what we’re doing. It’s still early in the season and there’s a lot of
basketball left to be played. We can’t get distracted and lose focus on the opponent, and start trying to calm or answer questions that we shouldn’t necessarily have to answer right now.�
So is creating a problem?
“I don’t know if they’ve been distracted by it, but the noise is loud,” Thomas said. “But I don ‘t know if it’s a distraction.”
Can’t wait to see the fan reaction. With this being a matinee, there will be lots of kids here. So if the boos are loud and constant, there’s a big problem.
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on Saturday, November 24th, 2007 at 12:50 pm by Mike Dougherty.
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