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04-22-2008, 03:37 PM
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Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
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Former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas has been banned from having any contact with members of the team as part of his reassignment agreement with team president Donnie Walsh, the New York Daily News reported, citing a team source.
According to the report, there is concern that Thomas, if allowed to have any contact with the team, could either willingly or unwillingly undermine its new coach. Thomas acquired all the players on the current Knicks roster as team president.
But the agreement does not prohibit Thomas from speaking to Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan, according to the report.
Thomas does not have an official title. He reports directly to Walsh, who said no player brought up Thomas' name during last week's exit meetings Thursday.
"I don't want there to be some kind of double-voice here, so he's answering to me and nobody's reporting to him," Walsh said on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York on Tuesday. "... He's not going to be here on a full-time basis anymore. I'll be calling the shots, I'm in charge of the franchise. It's my responsibility where it was his."
Walsh said that he plans to bounce ideas off of Thomas.
"I think he can scout, I think he has good eye for talent. I think he's a good guy to bounce things off, have a good viewpoint on the basketball part. So there are good things that he can bring to the table."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3358377
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04-22-2008, 04:08 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
Seems that Walsh was pretty clear when he said that Isiah would have an "unnamed role" with this team. Wow.
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04-22-2008, 04:47 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
Walsh is already cleaning things up.
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04-22-2008, 05:24 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
I like the house cleaning that's going on with the Knicks right now. It's good that they are doing this. I am tired of having a bad NYC basketball team for such a long time.
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04-22-2008, 06:34 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
Why don't they just cut ties with him all together already? Do they just wanna see how much longer they can drag this out and embarrass themselves before it is all said and done?
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04-22-2008, 08:26 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
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Why don't they just cut ties with him all together already? Do they just wanna see how much longer they can drag this out and embarrass themselves before it is all said and done?
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No. Eff that. Make him come to the office, and do nothing. They don't want to buy him out and give him free money.
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04-22-2008, 08:56 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
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No. Eff that. Make him come to the office, and do nothing. They don't want to buy him out and give him free money.
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That's right, they are probably going to use him as a scout and some other duties...make him earn some of that money he from the ext that he received last year.
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04-22-2008, 09:43 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
I'm surprised that the Knicks players want to talk to Isiah.
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04-22-2008, 10:33 PM
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Re: Isiah Banned From Talking To Current Knick Players
Maybe he'll scout in Alaska where he can really be far away.
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