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| Pussah2 |
Thomas Talking Championships With Knicks
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Isiah Thomas is still talking about winning championships - with many of the same players that currently comprise one of the worst teams in the NBA. And the same coach.
"I know people will laugh even more at me, but I'm hell bent on getting this accomplished and making sure that we get it done," Thomas said Wednesday night the New York Knicks' 107-97 loss to the Sacramento Kings. "And I'm not leaving until we get it done."
The Knicks fell to 8-22, last in the Atlantic Division and ahead of only Miami in the Eastern Conference.
Still, Thomas, also the team president, said he doesn't expect the Knicks to be active before the Feb. 21 trade deadline - apparently because he doesn't think they need to be.
"I believe in (the team) and I believe that this is also the time that you can make serious mistakes with your roster that could set you back another three, four years," Thomas said. "We have good talent, we have good players, we have young players.
"We have a good nucleus and we just (need) them to play well together. It's not about breaking them up or tearing them down, it's about getting them to play better as a team."
Thomas arrived as team president in December 2003 and is in his second season as Knicks coach. New York has made only one playoff appearance since his arrival, getting swept by New Jersey in 2004, and speculation is rampant that Thomas' job is in jeopardy.
"I believe that one day we will win a championship here," Thomas said. "And I believe a couple of these guys will be a part of that. And I believe I'll be a part of that."
That would be up to Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan, who hasn't spoken publicly since giving Thomas a multiyear extension last March. But Thomas isn't talking like a man who thinks he's on the way out.
"This is a dark time for us," he said. "But I know that there's a light at the end of this tunnel and I'm going to keep digging, and I'm going to keep pushing, and I'm not going to quit. I'm going to do it here."
Plenty of New Yorkers would disagree. Fans routinely chant for Thomas to be fired during Knicks games, and last month a group held a giant pink slip during a rally to express those wishes.
But Thomas said he wants to be remembered in New York as he is in Detroit, where he led the Pistons to two NBA championships during a Hall of Fame playing career.
"I don't necessarily just want to win a championship. I want to leave something that's going to stand for a long time. I want to leave a legacy, I want to leave tradition," Thomas said. "I want to leave an imprint, a blueprint in terms of how people play, and how they coach and how they respond when they put on the Knick uniform.
"And I want to leave what I left in Detroit. Every person that walks through that door as a Piston, when they put on that uniform, there's a certain pride that they carry. And I want to put that here and I want to leave that here in New York. I want to leave a championship legacy."
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| DestroVega |
| man oh man... that leaves me speechless. |
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| KingOfAllWhites |
| :rolleyes: |
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| Jay Z |
i didnt think anyone could ruin the franchise worse then the dolans
obviously i stand corrected |
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| Pussah2 |
| 4 more years, 4 more years :rofl: :mad: |
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| Kang |
| just curious, do the Knicks still have they're first round pick in June's NBA draft, or has Isiah traded that away already? |
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| Pussah2 |
| yes. They still have a month and a half to get a washed up broken down hasbeen with a big contract like Kenyon Martin for it |
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| Mynd4life |
| 22-year-old college student was busted for trying to sell "Fire Isiah" T-shirts outside Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Ivan Cash says he was hauled away in handcuffs, taken to the Midtown South Precinct, fingerprinted and held in a cell for three hours - until the Knicks lost to the Sacramento Kings, 107-97. Then he was given a ticket and released. Cash was at 33rd St. and Seventh Ave., waiting for a pal who has a vendor's license, when the cops swooped in, he said. He was charged with "intent to sell." A police spokesman confirmed the arrest Wednesday night but had no details. Cash said more than 100 frustrated Knicks fans had bought his T-shirts - at $20 a pop - at the last three Knicks home games. The graphic design student at the State University of New York at Geneseo makes the shirts himself. -- NY Daily News |
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| FU-Artie-HiFred |
| He's a regular baghdad bob! |
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| Douchebag_AZ |
| No one can beat Detroit or Boston in the East .. its a done deal Either the Celtics or the Pistons are coming home as the eastern Conference Champs |
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| KingOfAllWhites |
Quote: Originally posted by Pussah2
yes. They still have a month and a half to get a washed up broken down hasbeen with a big contract like Kenyon Martin for it |
:lol:
its so not funny , but its true! |
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| KingOfAllWhites |
Quote: Originally posted by Mynd4life
22-year-old college student was busted for trying to sell "Fire Isiah" T-shirts outside Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Ivan Cash says he was hauled away in handcuffs, taken to the Midtown South Precinct, fingerprinted and held in a cell for three hours - until the Knicks lost to the Sacramento Kings, 107-97. Then he was given a ticket and released. Cash was at 33rd St. and Seventh Ave., waiting for a pal who has a vendor's license, when the cops swooped in, he said. He was charged with "intent to sell." A police spokesman confirmed the arrest Wednesday night but had no details. Cash said more than 100 frustrated Knicks fans had bought his T-shirts - at $20 a pop - at the last three Knicks home games. The graphic design student at the State University of New York at Geneseo makes the shirts himself. -- NY Daily News |
When I got arrested in NYC for weed they sent me to the tombs. 3/4 of he people in there were in for selling bootleg dvd's or purses/wallets, weed and open alcohol containers.
You would think they have bigger things to worry about :rolleyes: |
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| WillowGlen |
Lots of 8-22 teams have rebounded to win titles. :rolleyes:
Shit like this just makes me want to hear the first five mintes of Ferrall tonight a little more. |
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| James T. Kirk |
| That's funny because the Knicks couldn't win the Title when they were good. |
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| Saul Hudson |
| When I started reading the article, I swear I thought it was a joke like from the Onion or something. |
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| KMSDEMON |
ha ha ha
whos dumber
isiah or mangina. |
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| James T. Kirk |
Quote: Originally posted by KMSDEMON
ha ha ha
whos dumber
isiah or mangina. |
Isiah, the Jets at least seem to have a future. |
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