Pretty much Dolan looking for any loophole to get Brown to agree to some kind of buyout. The cause I heard was not that he was an incompetent coach that lost control of his players but that he tried to usurp the duties of the GM by trying to make trades. Pretty lame, if Brown is willing to drag this out, he will get his $40M but most people don't have the patience so he will probably settle for $20M.
Thomas is a joke ... I love the fact that he is running the Knicks because I hate the Knicks. At the rate Thomas is going, he'll have them in the lottery for the next 15 years. I love it.