http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txknicksthomas&prov=st&type=lgns


Report: Thomas out as Knicks coach

NEW YORK (TICKER) —Isiah Thomas likely coached his final game for the New York Knicks on Wednesday.

The New York Daily News reported Thursday that Thomas was told last week that he would not return for a third season as the team’s coach.

According to the newspaper, new Knicks president Donnie Walsh could make an announcement as early as Thursday. Despite two disastrous seasons on the bench marked by controversy on and off the court, Thomas is hoping to remain with the organization in a lesser capacity.

The Knicks’ season ended with a 132-123 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. The defeat was New York’s 59th, matching a franchise record set in 2005-06, when the Knicks were coached by Larry Brown.

In his two seasons as Knicks’ coach, Thomas won less than a third of his games, posting a 56-108 record for a winning percentage of .304. Calls for his dismissal by Knicks’ fans at Madison Square began early in the season and continued on an almost nightly basis.

After Wednesday’s defeat, Thomas seemed to be in a state of denial, talking about the team’s “growth” during the season.

“It’s been a very difficult year out on the floor, however inside our locker room, we had a lot of growth,” Thomas said. “The players matured and they grew as men. Those things don’t show up on the floor, but the men that they became in the locker room and the way they conducted themselves through a very tough season says a lot.”

According to the Daily News, Thomas badly wants to stay in the Knicks’ organization. He worked under Walsh in Indiana when he was the Pacers’ coach for three seasons from 2001-03.

“If he needs me to rebound, if he needs me to pass, whatever we need to do here to get things turned around and move in the right direction, his (Walsh’s) vision is one for us to execute,” Thomas told the Daily News. “And I have no problem doing that.”

Thomas, who signed a contract extension worth a reported $24 million 10 months ago, also has been criticized for his decisions as general manager. He loaded up on expensive contracts - creating major salary cap problems - while failing to build a competitive team.

Thomas also found controversy off the court, causing further embarrassment for the franchise.

In November, Madison Square Garden reached an out-of-court settlement for $11.5 million with former executive Anucha Browne Sanders, who had filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Thomas, Knicks owner James Dolan and the Garden.

Go get me a coffee, Zeke.

Also...


Bucks coach Krystkowiak tells newspaper he's been fired
ESPN.com news services
Updated: April 17, 2008, 2:06 PM ET

Larry Krystkowiak said Thursday he has been fired after only one full season as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.

"I am not the coach anymore," Krystkowiak told the Journal Times of Racine, Wis. "I am going to sit at home the next couple of days and decompress."

Krystkowiak told the newspaper he met with general manager John Hammond, who was hired last Saturday to succeed Larry Harris, on Thursday morning and was informed his tenure was over.

The Bucks were 26-56 this season, the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference.

Sources told ESPN.com last month that Krystkowiak's dismissal at season's end was considered a certainty no matter who succeeded Harris because of Bucks owner Herb Kohl's desire for a more experienced leader on the bench.

Sources also told ESPN.com that Hammond was expected to make a strong push to hire former Pistons coach Rick Carlisle. Working as an ESPN analyst this season after leaving the Indiana Pacers, Carlisle is also widely considered as a strong candidate to coach the Bulls next season.

Chicago reportedly made a coaching change of its own Thursday, telling interim coach Jim Boylan he will not be returning.

You can...I'll figure out what to do with you later, Larry.

I love this day.

It's like that final Godfather scene where guys are just getting whacked left and right.

Thomas
Krystkowiak
Boylan

That's three of them, just like that.

You can...I'll figure out what to do with you later, Larry.

IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN!!


BTW, Boylan was a no brainer.

I'll take Isiah. Upgr-... nvm.

I love this day.

It's like that final Godfather scene where guys are just getting whacked left and right.
Laughing On Line

thomas joins tattaglia, barzini, and all the other heads of the 5 families. (anyone remember the other 3?) mind's not working today.

So with 3 down, who's next? Prop bet on Sports Book Glenn...


Marc Iavaroni
Mike Woodson
Sam Vincent
Mike Dunleavy
Don Nelson
George Karl
Flip Saunders
P.J. Carlesimo
Mike D'Antoni
Avery Johnson
Mike Brown
Lawrence Frank
Sam Mitchell

could all see walking papers if things don't go accordingly

I'm guessing that you can take off all of the playoff coaches from that list as far as them being "next".

He won't be next, but something tells me that Baron Davis is going to win the battle in GS and Don Nelson will be DONE. The fact that they recently picked up his $4m option for next year might complicate things a bit, though.

Yeah, I don't think Nelly comes back either. His coaching philosophy has become flawed.

I wish D'Antoni would realize that, I hope the Spurs beat their asses so he can get canned.

I suppose that I'm obsessed with the GSW now, too.

So with 3 down, who's next? Prop bet on Sports Book Glenn...


Marc Iavaroni -Who does he coach again, Memphis? Who knows with them...
Mike Woodson - he had another losing year, but he did take the Hawks to the playoffs, though in the East it's not saying much. Next year is the year they should at least reach the 42 win mark, and if they don't meet those "lofty" expectations, I can see it.
Sam Vincent - Charlotte shouldn't fire him after his first season. It's not like they have a standard of excellence they need somebody to uphold.
Mike Dunleavy -Probably
Don Nelson -Would leave on his own IMO.
George Karl- If their shitty defense in the regular season carries over into the playoffs and they get canned in 5 in the first round, I can see it...
Flip Saunders - Let's see when the Finals (East OR "The Big One") are over.
P.J. Carlesimo -Again, first season, and it's Seattle...
Mike D'Antoni - No way, Jose...
Avery Johnson - If reports of him and Cuban going at it are true, who knows? I doubt it though...
Mike Brown - Leaning towards no...right now anyway
Lawrence Frank - Hasn't done shit with the team since he won his first 16 games as coach or whatever it was back in 03-04...maybe
Sam Mitchell - Nah

could all see walking papers if things don't go accordingly

Mike Brown is horrible.

LB is waiting in the wings for that one, methinks.

I think Larry takes the Chicago job, if he even comes back anyway.

But I agree that Mike Brown is probably keeping the seat warm for someone "big". Then again, who else is out there besides Larry?

LB and LeBron are tight.

LB to NY waiting for LeBron to sign there in 2010.

LB and LeBron are tight.

POIDH.

Thomas won less than a third of his games, posting a 56-108 record for a winning percentage of .304.

Dude is getting jobbed. That aint fair.

Lol, a third of his games with maybe the highest team payroll during his tenure (not sure if the Mavs averaged a higher one since I dont have past cap numbers).

you can add flip to the list if we dont win the east and the red wings coach if they do not get out of the 1st round

The Red Wing coach is Babcock.

you can add flip to the list if we dont win the east and the red wings coach if they do not get out of the 1st round


Flip was on the list...


Flip Saunders - Let's see when the Finals (East OR "The Big One") are over.

you can add flip to the list if we dont win the east and the red wings coach if they do not get out of the 1st round

You been drinking again, man?

lol... and to think, the high point of Isiah's tenure in NY was going 39-43 and getting swept in the first round.

thomas joins tattaglia, barzini, and all the other heads of the 5 families. (anyone remember the other 3?) mind's not working today.

Stracci and Cuni or Cunio (never really understood him when he says that). And yes, I remember the other families but not what I had for lunch yesterday.

I love this day.

It's like that final Godfather scene where guys are just getting whacked left and right.

why would you watch a movie about wacking guys?

you can add flip to the list if we dont win the east and the red wings coach if they do not get out of the 1st round

I don't think Babcock would get axed. Who replaces him? He's a solid coach, we just have a soft team.

I don't think Babcock would get axed. Who replaces him? He's a solid coach, we just have a positively geriatric team.

*sigh* So true.

AND SINCE WHEN HAS HOCKEY BEEN RELEVANT IN THE NBA FORUM?

Since I said it is. Now shut your mouth.

You saying it is doesn't make it any more relevant. In fact, you make it even more irrelevant since you're from Cleveland and they don't have a team.

I thought Kelsey confirmed my not being from Cleveland.

As if you wouldn't make that up...

How are we supposed to know that Kelsey's real name isn't Kelso? We have no pictures or anything of that nature.

Ask Fool. He talked to her.

Every time I see this thread title, I have this image of a bowel movement.

GDThc4rL4_U

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also

those are tight