Thomas banned from contacting players

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Former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas has been banned from having any contact with members of the team as part of his reassignment agreement with team president Donnie Walsh, the New York Daily News reported, citing a team source.



Walsh, who replaced Thomas as the Knicks' president, fired him as coach last week after Thomas went 56-108 leading the team, including this season's 23-59 disaster, the franchise's seventh straight losing season. He has been reassigned as an advisor to the team.


According to the report, there is concern that Thomas, if allowed to have any contact with the team, could either willingly or unwillingly undermine its new coach. Thomas acquired all the players on the current Knicks roster as team president.


But the agreement does not prohibit Thomas from speaking to Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan, according to the report.
Thomas does not have an official title. He reports directly to Walsh, who said no player brought up Thomas' name during last week's exit meetings Thursday.

Walsh said he wants a new coach in place by the draft in June, when the Knicks will finally have their lottery pick again after handing over their last two to Chicago in the Eddy Curry trade. ESPN NBA analyst and former Knicks guard Mark Jackson has been portrayed as the front-runner to succeed Thomas.

[BigdaddyQH]

What a joke. So the worst Head Coach-GM-President in Knicks history has now been assigend to an "advisory" position, bu he can only "advise" MSG Chairman Dolan and Walsh. If they need an official title for that dummy, they can call him "V.P. n charge of the Don't Let the Door Hit You in the A** On the Way Out" Department.

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Originally Posted by BigdaddyQH

What a joke. So the worst Head Coach-GM-President in Knicks history has now been assigend to an "advisory" position, bu he can only "advise" MSG Chairman Dolan and Walsh. If they need an official title for that dummy, they can call him "V.P. n charge of the Don't Let the Door Hit You in the A** On the Way Out" Department.

Nice one

[revnecro1273]

funny one...an advisor to the team that can't contact players of the team...wtf...why not just get rid of his sorry azz and cut all ties? dude is a true cancer to any franchise

[westcoastO]

funny too. think he stands to earn about $18 mil/year

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by westcoastO

funny too. think he stands to earn about $18 mil/year

only in sports can mediocrity and even less than mediocrity can make someone a millionaire...pretty pathetic

[cman]

it is amazing to me that people think that just you could play...you can coach or manage..or even for that matter own....

Healthcare companies usually dont employ the best Doctors or nurses to run the companies...they employ Business and Finance people for that...

Why does sports think the opposite???

He has destroyed the CBA the Knicks and everything else he has touched that he was not the point guard for

wde