shawn306 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Get this guy a straight jacket. He has lost it. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2008/01/03/2008-01-03_isiah_thomas_predicts_a_title-2.html Isiah Thomas predicts a title BY FRANK ISOLA DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Thursday, January 3rd 2008, 4:00 AM Although Isiah Thomas has not won a single playoff game since coming to New York, the Knicks' embattled president and coach predicted on Wednesday night that the franchise will win an NBA championship. With Thomas in charge. Seriously. Sounding delusional, Thomas appeared to be talking to Garden chairman James Dolan through the media by saying he believes the Knicks will win a title and by reiterating that he has no plans to resign. "My belief and what I see and where I believe we can go as a team and an organization, I believe one day that we will win a championship here and I believe a couple of these guys will be a part of that," Thomas said before the Knicks were walloped at the Garden by the depleted Sacramento Kings, 107-97. "I believe I'll be a part of that." Thomas admitted that his comments, which border on the absurd, leave him open for ridicule. "As I sit here and I say it today, I know people will laugh even more at me, but I'm hell-bent on getting this accomplished and making sure that we get it done. And I'm not leaving until we get it done." With Walt Frazier sitting 10 feet away, Thomas even went a step further by stating that his goal is to leave a "legacy" that future Knicks team will live by. "I don't necessarily want to win a championship," Thomas added. "I want to leave something that's going to stand for a long time. I want to leave a legacy. I want to leave a tradition. I want to leave an imprint, a blueprint in terms of how people play and how they coach and how they respond when they put on a Knick uniform. "I want to leave what I left in Detroit. Every person who walks through that door as a Piston, when they put on that uniform, there's a certain pride that they carry. I want to put that here and I want to leave that here in New York. I want to leave a championship legacy." Of course, Thomas' legacy after four years is a losing record, bad trades, poor free agent signings, a bloated payroll and a sexual harassment lawsuit won by a former female employee. "This is a dark time for us, but I know there's a light at the end of this tunnel and I'm going to keep digging and I'm going to keep pushing and I'm not going to quit. I'm going to do it here," he said. Asked if he believed that Dolan will give him time to accomplish those goals, Thomas, who fired Lenny Wilkens after 81 games and Larry Brown after 80 games, said: "As long as I'm sitting on that bench and as long as I'm in my office, that's what I'm committed to doing and that's what I'm working on doing. If someone turns the lights out, that's where I am." Thomas made his comments after being asked him why he is ruling out making any trades before the February trading deadline. The Knicks are now 8-22. The franchise has yet to win a playoff game since 2001 and its record with Thomas as coach is 41-71. Also, many of his player transactions have backfired, especially deals for Eddy Curry and Stephon Marbury. Coincidentally, when Thomas talked about the team's strong nucleus he failed to include Marbury and David Lee. "I believe we're on the right path and I believe we have the right players," he said. "Our record doesn't show that, but I'm not ready to give up on these players. "We have good talent. We have good players. We have young players ... and we have a good nucleus. We just need to get them to play well together. It's not about breaking them up or tearing them down, it's about getting them to play better as a team because individually I believe they're pretty good." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Keep repeating that Isiah-the funny farm people are waiting for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Isiah is a wacky mother****er. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon88 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 that's hilarious! even better is saying that after losing to one of the worst teams in the league without their 3 best players on your own court! no bibby, no artest and no martin and they were down 20 for most of the 2nd half. NBA title here they come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 The Knicks will win a championship... after an embittered Knicks fan finally loses it and takes out Isiah and Dolan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBrick Wall Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 He might as well have said, "I have nudey pictures of James Dolan, so get used to me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsMan57 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 When does Dolan pull the plug on this joke? When you're getting blown out by backups its pretty clear the team has completely given up on its coach. Hand the reigns over to Herb, they wont win many more games with him at the helm but they'll play for the guy and not get blown out by the Sacramento King's summer league team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Why do people still go to the games? is a better question. Stop watching and stop going until dolan sells the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 The Knicks cannot even win a court case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I heard MSG is getting sued again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I heard MSG is getting sued again is it a class action suit from the fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 unfortunately, no. I wish it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 is it a class action suit from the fans? Another discrimination suit- article in the Times today about it. This time race discrimination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anskyruben Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hey Isaiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNorth09 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Isiah Thomas sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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