Thursday, October 25, 2007

PRESIDENT of Basketball Operations

Found this quick note on Isiah when I was looking through the deadspin.com archives on the Knicks. If you guys don't know this site, it's pretty effing fantastic. Covering everything in sports from Vince Young's Tattoos to Hockey Dad's Killing Hockey dads, I check for updates at least once an hour during the work day. I'll just pull a copy/paste job:

This is a few days old, but we can't let it pass unremarked. It appears Isiah Thomas has the same firm grasp of his roster as he always has.

Earlier this week, this exchange happened.

Reporter: When the trade was made, it looked like Fred and Dan Dickau were just salary cap throw-ins. When you made that trade, how did that discussion go?

Isiah Thomas: Both of those guys fit our team. I think Dickau is going to be a good player on our team when he's healthy. With Fred, you can't consider either of those guys throw-ins.

The problem, of course, is that Dickau was released last month, before the Knicks ever started practicing. We know Isiah has been, um, distracted, but, you know, he does run the team.

1 comment:

Jeremy Manne said...

the real question is whether Isiah is just blatantly lying to everyone's face, or if he actually has no idea what he's doing. i really have no idea, it could easily be either one.


Found my collection of old basketball cards yesterday, thought I would share some shots from the most honerable knicks teams of the 90s.

Gotta pay respect to the man in the middle....

Gotta pay respect to the man in the middle....
We miss you big man.

This is Petra, and she's really fly.

This is Petra, and she's really fly.
Supposedly this is the dancer Isiah / MSG paid to flirt with Referees. Who knows if this is true (it came out after this whole harassment case, and right now any money hungry female garden employee is planning a case against MSG...but i wouldn't doubt it.). Good job Isiah.
Stephon Marbury recently opened up a custom car company, called Star-Motoring, featuring a Phantolade. Actually looks kinda dope.

This guy is supposed to lead the Knicks to a NBA title?