Comments on: Isiah Thomas would like to work in basketball again

By: C-Foe

C-Foe — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:28:16 +0000

Well said, Max. Well said.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:58:21 +0000

The Pistons should wrap their arms around him where he can stand on the floor with pride and Detroit can thumb their nose at anyone who thinks there is anything wrong with Isiah. Davidson obviously had some grudge but Gores is the owner now.

By: C-Foe

C-Foe — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:17:35 +0000

@Max, @Dude – It would be nice for him to come back home. If it’s no more than a special assistant on the coaching staff to help mentor Knight I think that would be great.
I remember reading Dan’s blog on Isiah and the FIU graduation rate a while back and it was really good. The minute Isiah does something bad, the media and the internet are all over it like ants but when he does something good you rarely hear about it.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 28 May 2012 08:06:47 +0000

Exactly, Isiah always gets a bad rap. I wouldn’t mind the Pistons hiring him at all. Actually, I’d fucking love it.

By: TheDude

TheDude — Sun, 27 May 2012 23:56:43 +0000

He suffered a bad rep for his coaching even tho his 3 years in Indiana were great, u all know the story. Bird came in and fired him. (I say jealousy?) I wouldn’t mind Isaiah being involved in our team, he actually has a very good eye for talent.

By: Max

Max — Sat, 26 May 2012 18:36:26 +0000

The biggest defense I can make of Thomas’ job as GM in NY is that the newspapers the day he was hired said that he taken up on the worst and most impossible roster situation in the entire league and that it would take him several years just to remove the bad contracts from the team. Thomas traded nearly everyone within one year and did turn them around in the short term with the Marbury trade which people forget went very well for about a year and a half. Also, the Knicks might have done better than otherwise to stick with what Thomas was building when they fired him since Zach Randolph was very prematurely shipped out of town for nearly nothing and the Knicks didn’t get anything but cap space for David Lee and Jamal Crawford either. So far, the Carmelo Knicks haven’t done well enough to justify the change in direction and trading Randoph since, in my belief, they would have made the playoffs sooner with Randolph.

By: Daye and Knight

Daye and Knight — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:59:19 +0000

Isiah Thomas wants back in? Don’t we need another back up PG to mentor Knight? Forget coaching go grab a jersey so we can make some noise in the league!

By: labatts

labatts — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:18:18 +0000

That’s great. Best of luck to him — so long as it is nowhere near here.