The day of December 22, 2003, was the day that the Knicks dynasty took a downward fall. It was the day that Isiah Thomas was named to the President of Basketball Opearations for the New York Knicks. Through the journey so far he has forced the Knicks into a deep hole leading to a big debt and tons upon tons of washed up talent, useless to the team, and putting a chink into the hole Knicks salary. Thomas has done nothing right except for maybe picking up a few smart picks from the NBA draft. It is obvious to me that Nate Robinson is going to be a good name in the NBA, and although Thomas did not draft him, he recieved him none the less. Another nice pick was David Lee. The man is an animal and has a killer instinct he is always after the ball and working his hardest. Then Balkman came along. Flooded with questions that he wasnt draft worthy, early on in the preseason he played well and the hope is he can bring that into the regular season.<div align="center"> </div>But then it comes to free agents and trades and Thomas seems clueless as what to do. Sense he has arrived the only real good players you can maybe make a case for is Marbury, Crawford and Richardson. But after that its a bunch of players that just haven't clicked in the Knicks system.The blowouts include players such as Steve Francis, Eddy Curry and Jalen Rose. Steve Francis who was expected to mend perfectly with Marbury in the backcourt has done next to nothing. Last year, he played 24 games with the Knicks and averaged a measely 10 points a game, 6 points less then with the Magic that year and 10 less then the 14-15 season. He also only averaged 3.5 assists another low number for him. This year hasn't brought any new succes either. In the 10 games played this year he is averaging 10 points with 4 assists and 4 rebounds, the only shown improvement he is shooting .500 from 3 point range. Eddy Curry in my mind was going to be a good pickup but he has brought no succes so far. As a center he is supposed to be good on the boards but last year he averaged only 6 boards a game, and only 12 points. This year is no better with duplicate number of 12 and 6. He needs to pick it up fast and soon. Knick fans are jumping off his band wagon and now questioninng his ability. He has shown none and he needs to produce. He needs to pick it up defensively, offensively and especially needs to work on rebounds.But numbers aside Thomas has not produced he has brought no succes and quite frankly he is losing a fan base. What was once a preliminary dynasty is now gone due to the horrible management from this hall of fame basketball player. I expected much better and now I can only hope that this is his last year in the organization. Fire him as a coach, a GM and make sure he never gets to manage or coach this team again.
well you're right on point with everything. I don't think there is anything in there that I don't agree with. curry is a slob, marbury is garbage, francis isn't working, david lee is david lee :rock: nate is great, balkman is energy and isiah is a plain idiot. if dolan knows anything he will fire isiah before the season is over and let herb williams finish the season.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Nov 24 2006, 04:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>well you're right on point with everything. I don't think there is anything in there that I don't agree with. curry is a slob, marbury is garbage, francis isn't working, david lee is david lee :rock: nate is great, balkman is energy and isiah is a plain idiot. if dolan knows anything he will fire isiah before the season is over and let herb williams finish the season.</div>Yeah I rly hate Thomas do you know that he is rly racist. He says the only reason that Larry Byrd was great was because he was white... :wtf1:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Nov 24 2006, 05:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>you wanna start a fire isiah group?</div>yes that would be the greatest!!!
