Nah Nah Nah Nah...
A day that has been years in the making has finally arrived. Donnie Walsh is wasting little time in his effort to rebuild the Knicks, and he took a big first step this afternoon by "reassigning" Isiah Thomas. And the millions of Knickerbocker faithful exhale...
As both a coach and executive, Isiah Thomas has failed miserably at almost everything he's done. Despite drafting solid young talent (David Lee, Nate Robinson, Ronaldo Balkman), Thomas invested in so many over-priced one-dimensional players that have no concept of team basketball that those positives were ultimately negated.
The house cleaning has only just begun for Donnie and the Knicks, and saddled with the big contracts of Stephon Marbury, Eddie Curry, and Zach Randolph, among others, this will likely be a multi-year journey. Kicking Isiah from courtside was, however, the first of many steps to return the Knicks to even the level of mediocrity they had before Isiah arrived.
-- Tim Fiorvanti
