Why and What?

Two questions that I really want to know in the basketball world are- Why does Isiah Thomas still have a job? and What does he have on Knicks owner James Dolan where he is allowed to keep his job? The answer to the questions we will probably never know. The Knicks are just a total joke and a disgrace. I am by no means a Knick fan or an Isiah Thomas fan but as a basketball fan its awful to see what is happening in New York. By bringing in Donnie Walsh and taking away the basketball operations from Isiah will help but it is going to be awhile for the Knicks to be relevant again. Stephon Marbury is making a combined 42,046,875 for the next two years. Zach Randolph has 4 years left on his deal at huge money and Eddy Curry has 2 years left plus 2 player options at 10,500,423 and 11,276,863. I am willing to bet that he is going to exercise those options. The Knicks are in cap hell. It will be virtually impossible to move any of those three because if someone actually takes them then I want there to be some type of investigation. It just shows how much of a joke that Isiah Thomas really is at being a basketball executive. He was the owner of the CBA from 1998-2000 until he ran into the ground and the league was forced into bankruptcy. He's just a joke. I would much rather be a Heat fan. At least they have cap room plus there is hope of Wade/Beasley duo for the next 7 to 10 years.

Also even if he is strictly just a coach, he has shown that hes not a good coach at all. When he coached the Indiana Pacers, he lost to a very flawed Boston Celtics team in the first round of the 2003 playoffs. This year, the Knicks have just blatantly quit on Isaiah. Nate Robinson and Randolph are fighting on the bench, Randolph starts dribbling through his legs and then chucking up an air ball and Isiah does nothing, and all the 20 point blowouts they have been through this year. There's been no sign of this turning around either. I mean look at the above picture. It looks like he doesn't even want to be there. Isaiah's record with the Knicks is 41-71. He just has to go and hopefully never come back to the league in any capacity

Oh and I didn't even mention the $11 million he cost the Knicks with a sexual harassment lawsuit earlier this year.


Now moving on to much much much better things. Tonight at the Garden, my MVP choice, Kevin Garnett, takes on Gizards MVP choice, Chris Paul. The Hornets are the only team the Celtics haven't beaten yet this year. The Celtics let one slipped away from them last Saturday against the Hornets so I expect them to come with a lot of emotion.

The right to go the Elite Eight beings again tonight as well. Davidson is America's new team and Stephen Curry looks to continue to dominate the tournament. It is fantastic to watch the way that Curry plays. He is so smooth and he just flat out knows how to score. Another game I'm looking forward to seeing is the Stanford/Texas. These two teams are almost complete opposites. Stanford works through the post with the Lopez twins and Texas is more of a perimeter team with DJ Augustin and AJ Abrams. I'm interested to see which duo forces their will upon on the game.