Good news for Knicks fans: Isiah Thomas won’t be the team’s GM. Bad news for Knicks fans: Isiah will be involved in the organization, for some reason.
Isiah Thomas Not Getting Knicks Job, Knicks Fans Rejoice
So much for Isiah Thomas returning to the Knicks as a part-time consultant. The Knicks will have to look elsewhere since hiring a college coach to any capacity with an NBA team is against league rules:
To the lay person it would seem fairly obvious that a college coach working with an NBA team was against league rules on at least one of the sides, but in great Knick fashion it took James Dolan three days to figure out that it was against NBA rules.
Read Article >Allan Houston Reported Front-Runner For Knicks’ GM Job; Isiah Thomas In The Running?
ESPN reports that Houston, who spent the past year as a “special assistant to the president” as Walsh’s protegé, was the front-runner for the job. The 39-year old Houston accompanied the Knicks on their free agent trips this past summer is reporteldy on good terms with owner James Dolan and head coach Mike D’Antoni, and would certainly seem to be a fine choice. Still, rumors persist that longtime Dolan favorite Isiah Thomas remains in the mix for the job.
Thomas raised eyebrows several weeks ago when he intimated that he would only leave the college coaching ranks for a job as an NBA GM. Thomas assessed his record as a GM thusly:
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