Thomas calling the shots in NY?

Acie · 02-20-2011, 12:43 PM

WTF?

This guy just won't go away.

Quote:

The thin veil of secrecy has torn away now, the pretenses gone and Isiah Thomas has left the shadows and moved into the light again. Once more, he is the New York Knicks’ top basketball executive.

Thomas is driving everything through owner James Dolan – the trade for Carmelo Anthony(notes), the departure of Donnie Walsh and perhaps even the eventual hiring of the New York Knicks’ next president and general manager, multiple league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

“Isiah is calling the shots for New York,” said one front-office executive with knowledge of the Anthony trade talks. “It’s a disgrace. Donnie should walk.”

Thomas wouldn’t blink. After all, that’s his plan: He wants Walsh to leave out of sheer frustration because of Thomas’ meddling, or because Dolan doesn’t pick up the option on his contract in April. For a franchise with a history of inexplicable dysfunction, even this is an episode for the Madison Square Garden time capsule.

Dolan has overruled Walsh in these trade talks and undermined his authority. Walsh has never wanted to give away Raymond Felton for an aging Chauncey Billups and throw Danilo Gallinari into the package, too. This is all Isiah, all his influence.

Thomas doesn’t believe Dolan is inclined to give him his job back, but it almost doesn’t matter anymore. In a moment of truth for this Knicks franchise, in the biggest trade they’ve tried to make in years, Isiah Thomas, the coach of Florida International University, has emerged as the de facto GM.

LINK - Yahoo! Sports

Alex · 02-20-2011, 01:13 PM

Wow.

LX · 02-20-2011, 01:15 PM

It's crazy. But I love it.

pzabby · 02-20-2011, 01:26 PM

isiah will ruin the knicks. i see no point in this deal occurring. wheres melo going to go this off season other than NY? why trade and give up valubale pieces for someone you will get anyways? keep your pieces and your a serious force to be dealt with. trade for melo and i see the knicks being an atlanta type of team, almost there consistantly but never being considered a serious threat.

eazy187 · 02-21-2011, 04:22 AM

Just when you thought he was gone, he's back like a bad case of the herpes.

Carlito · 02-21-2011, 06:32 AM

Isiah is a cancer ... Please take him Knicks.
It will only help the Raps

**Claudius** · 02-21-2011, 10:54 AM

I hope he gets in there and I hope he screws everything up again.

The Knicks: The most overrated franchise in sports.

Scully · 02-21-2011, 11:05 AM

If this trade goes threw, it will be interesting to see how much longer D'Antonti will stick with this team (or this team will stick with D'Antoni). Nice to see NY is more interested in jersey sales then championships.

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02-20-2011, 01:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Alex grabbin boards, droppin dimes, and lightin them up Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,258 Representing:	Wow.

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LX effin' ineffable In the Paint Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 30,070 Representing:	It's crazy. But I love it.

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pzabby and a 1, and a 2, and a 1,2,3,4! Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: toronto Posts: 7,055 Representing:	isiah will ruin the knicks. i see no point in this deal occurring. wheres melo going to go this off season other than NY? why trade and give up valubale pieces for someone you will get anyways? keep your pieces and your a serious force to be dealt with. trade for melo and i see the knicks being an atlanta type of team, almost there consistantly but never being considered a serious threat.

02-21-2011, 04:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
eazy187 better than you Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 895 Representing:	Just when you thought he was gone, he's back like a bad case of the herpes.

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Carlito is pounding the rock! Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 6,765 Representing:	Isiah is a cancer ... Please take him Knicks. It will only help the Raps

02-21-2011, 10:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
Claudius contemplating The Killing Joke Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Burkina Faso, Disputed Zone Posts: 9,075 Representing:	I hope he gets in there and I hope he screws everything up again. The Knicks: The most overrated franchise in sports.

02-21-2011, 11:05 AM	#8 (permalink)
Scully is pounding the rock! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 870 Representing:	If this trade goes threw, it will be interesting to see how much longer D'Antonti will stick with this team (or this team will stick with D'Antoni). Nice to see NY is more interested in jersey sales then championships.