Thomas isn’t flinching
We’re still waiting for definitive answers.
Isiah Thomas conducted the quickest shoot-around of the season, then fielded questions. He didn’t exactly shed any light on what’s becoming an incredibly awkward situation.
“Honestly, I just think that this comes with the territory,” he said of the reports that Donnie Walsh is coming. “I think because we’re here in New York, it’s magnified significantly. However, I think it’s pretty safe to say in every other city and every other losing team, this stuff is being talked about. It comes with the territory and it does come when you have a losing season such as the one we’ve had.”
All of the reports still indicate the changeover will wait until the end of the season, which just happened to end in Indiana.
We should probably remain open to all of the possibilities until somebody wants to spell out the situation on the record. It seems logical that Walsh is going to be making all of the basketball decisions regardless of title. Hopefully, ownership is going to remove all barriers. Somebody with those credentials shouldn’t have to ask for permission.
Jim Dolan needs to become a Yes Man.
And there’s probably a chance Thomas will be retained in the front office. Keeping him on the sidelines allows the fans to moan and groan all the way into next season. Making a change, buys needed good will. Thomas could be the general manager or director of personnel, whatever keeps him away from the public eye.
Thomas is still talking like he’s going to be around when this nightmare season officially ends, but he’s never once claimed his role is going to remain the same. We heard a little more of that this morning.
“Um, let’s say I haven’t been in this position a lot over my career, but if you stick around long enough, you’re bound to have a couple of these and you bounce back,” Thomas said. “You’re not on top all the time and you’re not on the bottom all the time. You knuckle up and you fight your way out of it. We’ll be OK.”
March 27th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Hey they won! Maybe we should keep Isiah after all (kidding). Basically, the Heat are a D-League team right now and we still struggled. Fred Jones lost his man on a big fourth quarter three and I thought Clyde was about to get out on the court and start throwing chairs ala Bob Knight. Seriously, I can’t believe we’d keep Isiah’s toxic presence around under any scenario, but, this is the Knicks.
I was rooting for them to lose, but, it alarms me when they do. I mean, how am I to believe that any of these guys are going to be part of the solution. Lee, Robinson and Balkman are the favorites among bloggers yet their play has not translated into any improvement in the standings. It seems as if, even if we get Beasley or Rose, we’re in for another bad season or two.
March 27th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I guess my hope is that a new coach can get more out of this group, but, more than one has failed.