Isiah Thomas has shown enough progress" to earn a multiyear contract extension.
The New York Times, citing a person "briefed on the matter," says Thomas will sign the new deal to remain both team president and head coach.
The Knicks are 29-34, but are in the hunt for their first playoff berth since 2004.
The Knicks won 23 games last year under Larry Brown, who was later fired.
A spokesman for Madison Square Garden said that Knicks owner James Dolan will meet with reporters on Monday morning. He is expected to announce Thomas' extension during that meeting.
I would agree that there has been some progress but I also think Isiah is an idiot who shouldn't be running a franchise and coaching the team simultaneously. But he hasn't made any bad moves this season.
I can't really say he's done a bad job coaching the team this year, but he brought in this collection of "talent". He has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to do so. If the best he can do is maybe get the 8th seed, he needs to be shown the door. How much more do Knick fans need to endure?
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ReplyDeleteHe sign jared jefferies and jerome james to lucrative multi year deals when no other team would touch them. Reason enough for the pink slip. If anything, Dolan can make a reasonable argument to keep him on as coach- but to keep him on as coach and gm is lunacy. And a multi year deal- why? it is not like there are 28 teams out there waiting to lure Isiah away so that he can kill their franchise for years to come as well.
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