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I don't think he's coming here and soon we'll semi forget about the threat of him once all available management and coaching positions are filled long term.
Isiah really isn't a terrible coach though
It's just that he was coaching a team he put together here.
please as bad as Isiah was as a president/GM, dude was an even worse coach. In the 2 years he coached this team the 1st year the only set that he ran was stand the @*!% a round and dump the ball into @#*++@# Eddy Curry (who he was convinced could be our next franchise player/Ewing and worth 2 unprotected lottery pick) and just watch him either heave it at the hoop, turn it over, or barrell into the defense for an offensive foul (once the double teams came
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In his second year it was the same no ball movement, one man, stand around kind of $%*@ but it was all have Jamal Crawford take the ball up as a PG, cross up the D, and jack up pull ups/fade aways while everyone else stood and watched. Much love to Mal and when he was on, he is one of the best scoring 2 guards in the NBA right now imo, but he is wayyy too inconsistent to EVER be considered anything more than a #3 scoring option and certainly should not be starting at the point.
Anyway hearing Isiah's name being mentioned with anything related to thois team right now makes me sick. It makes me sick that Dolan keeps on running to Isiah and as a result underminded Donnie (who was the one piece doing everything to fix our mess and keep this franchise together) and got him gone. It makes me even sicker to hear @#*++@# Isiah talking to ESPN and $%*@ saying hes not interested or whatever. Like seriously shut your @#*++@# dumb @#+ @#*++@# mouth!
This guy acting like he left the organization at the top of the league and were now asking him to come back like hes Phil Jackson leaving the Lakers or some $%*@. Isiah should be fiucking banned from New York City let alone being asked to come back and run the team he ran to the ground. I mean thats like if you are an NFL team with the worst record in the NFL and the starting QB gets hurt, and you get a new guy who takes the $%*@ team back into relevancy, and than right when everything is going well you get rid of him to bring back the old QB. @*!% Isiah, if he has any position in this organization ill be @#*++@# pissed. The man can go @*!% himself i dont give a @*!% about Isiah Thomas... just keep him away from the Knicks.
Leave it to @#*++@# Dolan to give Larry Brown $50 million when he didnt do $%*@ and our roster was garbage, give Isiah a nice extension in March, and when Donnie deserves to get everything he wants from us given to him in a silver platter dumb @#+ Dolan +%%$% it all up again. I will seriously boycott the Knicks if this @*!% brings Isiah back here. Its not worth it.
Anyway, now looking forward, i like Allan Houston running this team but idk if hes ready yet. RealGM posted today that D'Antoni would not be opposed (too little, too late) to hiring a defensive assistant. Stephen A Smith wrote the other day that d'Antoni is almost certainly gonna be out once this whole lockout $%*@ is taken care of (good @#*++@# riddance), which im cool with. In the RealGM article they mentioned Laurence Frank as a possibility as a defensive cordinator for us, but i honestly think we should take a long look at Frank to replace D'Antoni.
He is a local kid from north Jersey and did a great job with the Nets right off the bat and was only fired cause they had a $%*@ team. Even after hes been big as an assistant in Boston essentially replacing Thibideau (who we could have and probably should of hired back in 0
, hes a little soft spoken, which is not necessarily bad, but has always been known for being one of the hardest working coaches in the NBA, hes got a little bit of a young JVG swag to him IMO, pretty similar in their work ethics, backgrounds, how they carry themselves, coaching style, etc. I like him or of course Mark Jackson which you all know to coach this team.
Our offense is not going anywhere, we already have 2 of the best offensive players in the NBA, plus a guy like Frank can coach high powered offenses like he showed back when he was in NJ, i feel like we NEED a coach who will primarily stress defense because that is the area that is not necessarily there while our offense will be our strength regardless considering our talent imo. I just want a guy who can draw up plays when we need and manage timeouts well unlike @#*++@# D'Antoni when it comes to coaching offense.