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

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 shitty one. Larry got Isiah this extension by making him look good by comparison.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.