Nowhere!
“I like the direction we’re headed,” Thomas said Friday, before his team lost to the Bobcats. “I’ve said this before: our future is definitely much brighter than it was when I got here four years ago. Cost-wise we’re down. Talent-wise we’re up. We did a good job of putting people in the seats. I think we’re pretty close this year to getting back on track again.”
Close to get back on track. How far away was the train that it took 4 years?
New York Knicks 108 Cleveland Cavaliers 90
That was the first big win for the Knicks this season. David Lee had 22 (17 in the first half) and 11 rebounds and Crawford had 21 and 6 assists. I think Lee is the barometer of this team as far as team play, fast break and effort goes. Whenever Lee is good the Knicks are winning, passing more and give more effort defensively. That probably has to do with him not needing the ball offensively or creating his own shot.
Crawford is good in 1/3 of the games – basically the team’s record 8-17 – when he’s on fire he puts 30 and 40 pts. nights but when he has bad shooting night he is completely off and finish with 2-20. Richardson had 16 and 7 boards Randolph finished with 17 and 6 for the Knicks.
For the Cavs, Lebron had a great game with 32, 8 rebs, 6 asts and 6 steals, but Hughes and Pavlovic had only 15 pts together on 6-20.
December 19, 2007 — Knicks fans irate over the team’s lousy play under coach Isiah Thomas have a message for Madison Square Garden management: You can toss us from our seats but you can’t shut us up!
Nearly 50 die-hard Knicks fans — carrying a giant 8-foot-tall pink slip for Thomas — gathered this morning and said they won’t let up until Garden bosses stop tossing critical fans from games and instead put the miserable team’s coach out in the cold.
The Knicks are 7-17 this year and 40-66 since Isiah took over as coach. I think Dolan won’t fire him this season not because they are best buddies, he won’t because it will stir the focus of the media to Dolan’s incompetence managing this franchise.
I think Thomas and Dolan are both the reason why these Knicks team are so bad. Trying to find the quick fix through bad trades and giving up picks in the process, instead of rebuilding gradually, like any other team in this league are aiming for. What’s sad is Knicks fans (yeah me too) don’t know when they will be relevant again. Well, at least we have the young guns (Lee, Collins, Balkman, Nate) to keep us staying positive.
