Sheesh, about time!! http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008...o-fire-isiah-sometime/?ncid=NWS00010000000001 Dolan Prepared to Fire Isiah ... Sometime Posted Jan 12th 2008 6:45AM by Matt Watson Filed under: Knicks, Eastern, NBA Rumors, New York, Breaking News, The Word Knicks owner James Dolan is clearly one of the most stubborn owners in the NBA or else he would've given Isiah Thomas the boot from the team's sideline and front office a long time ago. But even he has his limits, apparently. From Frank Isola of the New York Daily News: Garden chairman James Dolan recently told confidants that he knows a coaching change must be made and that he is preparing to do just that, according to a source close to Dolan. No timetable was given, but the source indicated that Dolan is leaning toward making a change before the end of the season. Getting rid of Thomas is a bit more complicated than most NBA coaching changes since it'd almost certainly include removing him from his role as team president, as well. But hey, it has to happen sooner or later, right? And Isola claims there will be no shortage of people trying to fill Isiah's vacant front-office spot. The same source claims that "people are coming out of the woodwork to try and get Dolan's attention." The source said that group includes everyone from former Knicks - both recent and from decades ago - as well as current GMs. "The same is true of guys who are trying to get the coaching job," the source said. From the sounds of things, it seems like Isiah knows his days driving the league's marquee franchise deep into the ground "guiding" the Knicks are numbered. Check out his post-game quote from Friday's game: "When you move into your house, the guy who poured the concrete never really gets a chance to live in that beautiful house that he built," Thomas said. "Our job right now is to make sure that we lay the concrete and that we lay it correctly." It's a nice metaphor but it makes absolutely no sense: there isn't a single player on the Knicks' roster whom you can build a team around. All of their so-called cornerstones -- Stephon Marbury, Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph -- are running jokes in other front offices. There are a handful of useful players -- David Lee could fit in anywhere -- but by and large this "foundation" Thomas is so carefully laying will be completely blown to pieces the moment he walks out the door.
Has Isiah made a single trade or free agent acquisition in New York that's worked out even decently? Every one of his moves, other than the draft picks, have been a disaster -- Stephon Marbuy, Eddy Curry, Steve Francis, Zach Randolph. Yeesh.
Jerome James, Quentin Richardson, an endless rotation of shoot-first point guards with no playmaking ability.... That team has exactly ONE good player: David Lee.
