The sports fans and writers of NY love to bash Isaiah Thomas and its a task that has become the perverbial shooting fish in a barrel. But this Thanksgiving, they should make sure to give thanks that he still has a job. He and Jimmy Dolan give everyone ample opportunity to write and profit from their soap opera.
We are only nine games into the Knicks season and we've already beared witness to the following events:A groundbreaking 11 million dollar verdict against the Knicks. The deposition testimony of the CEO (Dolan) and President (Thomas) was must watch material. Meanwhile, the star player's best conversion of the season involved scoring with an intern. In the words (via text message) of Steph "I want some more of that".
The Knicks opened the season well enough with a 2-1 season that almost showed a little promise. Then, before a west coast trip, Isaiah told Marbury that he was benching him. Marbury responded by saying he was taking his ball and going home. Isaiah purportedly told him to go. Then, when he actually left, Isaiah acted like the unthinkable had happened and he was fined more than most make in a year. Starbury returned in time to lead the Knicks to three straight losses. Isaiah called for a team vote on whether or not Starbury should play when he came back. The team voted "no", but Isaiah got some of the poll personnel in Florida to do a count and some hanging chads resulted in Starbury being inserted in the lineup. Nothing says team unity like a coach ignoring his team.
Now, the Knicks are back in New York. Jimmy Dolan's papa is lurking and Isaiah is on a short leash. As great as it is to watch him fail, we should all be rooting for a few more victories. A coach/GM/president who loses colorfully is a lot more interesting than the ones who just win. After all, who wants to write about Belicheck, Brady and the bullies from Foxboro.
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