NIGHT STALKER Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 This is the final nail in my thinking that the Knicks don't want to win. http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=5442858 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 LOL James Dolan is truly the scourge of NY sports. There is no worse sports owner in the history of the tri-state area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 As long as it's strictly for draft decisions, by all means, Zeke away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 As long as it's strictly for draft decisions, by all means, Zeke away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Dolan sucks in every single way, if Isiah wasn't a HOF player he would be the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 As long as it's strictly for draft decisions, by all means, Zeke away. I can't lie Isiah can draft/find talent but he has set this franchise back for years and they are still paying for it....IDK what the hell the Knicks are thinking on this one. Zeke must have some pics of Dolan screwing a goat or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I can't lie Isiah can draft/find talent but he has set this franchise back for years and they are still paying for it....IDK what the hell the Knicks are thinking on this one. Zeke must have some pics of Dolan screwing a goat or something. This is some type of cruel joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I can't lie Isiah can draft/find talent but he has set this franchise back for years and they are still paying for it....IDK what the hell the Knicks are thinking on this one. Zeke must have some pics of Dolan screwing a goat or something. I agree that it's a PR nightmare, but so was Jordan ******* Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I agree that it's a PR nightmare, but so was Jordan ******* Hill. NBA looking into Isiah-Knicks deal Something just doesn’t smell right about the latest news involving Isiah Thomas. It’s rather fishy, if you ask me. The Knicks rehired Thomas today as a consultant after firing him as coach and team president two years ago. That’s weird in and of itself, given the disaster that was Zeke’s reign in New York, which culminated in a sexual harassment suit that cost MSG more than $11 million. The really odd twist is that Thomas is staying on as coach at Florida International. Thomas said he’ll be an evaluator of talent and recruiter for the Knicks. Well, that’s already part of his job with the Golden Panthers, who were 7-25 in Thomas’ first season. Performing those duties for an NBA team as well possibly sets up some serious conflicts of interest. The league office is definitely interested in this unique arrangement having an NBA employee directly coaching NCAA athletes. “We are reviewing the agreement, in consultation with the Knicks, for compliance with league rules,” league spokesman Tim Frank said via email. NBA teams hiring college coaches could open doors the league and the NCAA don’t want open. Let’s say the Lakers wanted to bring on Mike Krzyzewski as a consultant. What would that mean for the Lakers’ knowledge of current Duke players? Would it help “recruit” former players in free agency? Something tells us this Isiah-Knicks deal doesn’t hold. Stay tuned. FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I agree that it's a PR nightmare, but so was Jordan ******* Hill. You're suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I can not see how the NBA can approve this- this has to be a conflict of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I can not see how the NBA can approve this- this has to be a conflict of interest. +1 This is all Dolan. New reports state that everyone in the organization was against this but were overruled by Dolan. Dolan had actually ordered Walsh 2 weeks ago to hire Isiah as GM but Walsh refused. So now Dolan hired him as a consultant. I know it's wrong to say, but something bad needs to happen to Dolan if there will ever be hope for Knick fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I can't lie Isiah can draft/find talent but he has set this franchise back for years and they are still paying for it....IDK what the hell the Knicks are thinking on this one. Zeke must have some pics of Dolan screwing a goat or something. You don't get it. The pictures he has are of Dolan screwing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 You don't get it. The pictures he has are of Dolan screwing him. No, I get it. It has to be SOME thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I can't lie Isiah can draft/find talent but he has set this franchise back for years and they are still paying for it....IDK what the hell the Knicks are thinking on this one. Zeke must have some pics of Dolan screwing a goat or something. Isiah likes to put that on his resume, but the facts don't bear out. Isiah's BEST draft picks are glorified JAGs. Seriously. He never drafted a premier player. David Lee was his best pick and that was after he screwed up the earlier pick in selecting Channing Frye. Isiah spins, "I don't draft utter crap" to "I'm a good drafter/talent evaluator!" The Jordan Hill pick sucked for Walsh, but he did turn that into a 2nd max room cap space. Isiah can never say that. Isiah is an abortion of an NBA executive and it is only the fact that Dolan is the anti-Christ of sports that he is still affiliated with the Knicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I like how supposedly he is going to do this in his spare time from coaching at Florida International Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Isiah likes to put that on his resume, but the facts don't bear out. http://cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Isiah must have pictures of Dolan blowing Kenny G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 http://cappingthegame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85678 Boggles the mind. That said, I do believe that he's a decent talent evaluator in drafting. But he makes too much of that in his Machevelian manuevering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Isiah likes to put that on his resume, but the facts don't bear out. Isiah's BEST draft picks are glorified JAGs. Seriously. He never drafted a premier player. David Lee was his best pick and that was after he screwed up the earlier pick in selecting Channing Frye. Isiah spins, "I don't draft utter crap" to "I'm a good drafter/talent evaluator!" The Jordan Hill pick sucked for Walsh, but he did turn that into a 2nd max room cap space. Isiah can never say that. Isiah is an abortion of an NBA executive and it is only the fact that Dolan is the anti-Christ of sports that he is still affiliated with the Knicks. Two other things-if Thomas is such a great judge fo talent, why was he giving huge contracts usually bidding against himself to the likes of Jarrod Jeffries, Eddy Curry and Stephon Marbury, and givinga way lottery picks to do so? If he was such a great draft guru, why did he get rid of those picks(and not lottery-protect them in Fatty Curry's case) for a bunch fo has beens, fruitcakes and losers? As to this "young players look up to him". He's over 50; none of these guys saw him play. If players look up to anyone it's Michael Jordan, and he hasn't proved to be any better at getting FAs to sign with his teams. And further, Jordan HATES Isiah Thomas with the hot passion of 10,000 suns. As does Larry Bird and almost any other HoFer you could name. Shame is Walsh was lining up either Allan Houston or Chris Mullin to be GM. Both seem like sharp smart guys. Instead they get Isiah II, which is bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon63 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 lolknicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Boggles the mind. That said, I do believe that he's a decent talent evaluator in drafting. But he makes too much of that in his Machevelian manuevering. Who cares though? He's not the GM. He won't be signing players or making trades. For some reason people are forgetting that this is the exact position he held during Walsh's first year and he was heavily involved in the Gallo pick. You know, the guy you love and think is awesome? The first year he's completely not involved in the draft process, they blow such a monumental pick insofar as Jennings is the exact type of player that Thomas would have drafted. It's that obvious. That's really all I care about. That being said, I don't see how this doesn't violate the rules. They're pretty clear on when NBA staff members can and can't contact high school players, which is kind of a big part of being a college coach. This basically gives the Knicks a head start on high schoolers and underclassmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Well that's that. Zeke just talked to Stern and apparently he's not taking the gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Good news the PR disaster will strengthen Walsh's hand. Which means either Allan Houston or Christ Mullin-both smart, well-respected and classy guys-will be brought on board to be Walsh's heir. Dolan could still eff this up because he is still James Dolan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S. Dylan Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I don't hate too many people, and I'm not even a die-hard Knicks fan, but I hate Isiah Thomas and wish he would stay the **** away from our teams. Go ruin your own team.. oh wait they probably don't want you because you are an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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