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Monday, February 21, 2011

James Dolan Forgets What Got Them There

In the past couple months, I avoided the Carmelo Anthony trade talk like I have avoided discussing politics on Facebook. Of course, I have an opinion, but there have been probably 10,000 articles regarding what Melo is going to do so why give you another one? Frankly, I am sick of hearing about it every day on SportsCenter. But there is a disturbing thing that is happening right now during all of this, the rebirth of Isiah Thomas.  
Many people around the internet such as Yahoo!, New York Times and the New Yorker to name a few have said Knicks' General Manager Donnie Walsh has lost control of the management process. I would probably be consistently drinking if I were a Knicks fan because it's clear to me that Dolan will be the owner/general manager of the Knicks in the coming year. That is downright scary.  Let's add Thomas to the equation who will be a special advisor to Dolan. Scariest thing for New York sports in a long time.  

The NBA version of The Roommate, that horrible movie which paired hot girls together with one obsessed with the other, is Dolan and Zeke.  Dolan is obsessed with Thomas and I cannot figure out why. Thomas brought in the likes of Penny Hardaway, Stephon Marbury, Jamal Crawford, Tim Thomas, Jerome James, and Jared Jeffries. Don't think I would forget the worst transaction of them all... Eddy Curry. These were all Isiah Thomas moves, and not a single one of them worked out for the Knicks.   

The Knicks looked like they were on the road to redemption with Donnie Walsh, Mike D'Antoni, and Amar'e Stoudemire. They started drafting better, signing key role players, and making the smart trades. Even if they didn't get LeBron James, people thought the Knicks were on the right track. Now, it appears the running joke of the mid-00s will be back in again in no time.  James Dolan is the Daniel Synder of NBA owners, and there is nothing Knick fans can do to get rid of him.  

-Charlie.