no matter how you guys look at it, LB was not going to change and the roster wasn't going to be changed to his liking next year.

Dolan wanted specific assurances from Brown that he would change his behavior, both publicly and privately. When Brown wavered, Dolan decided to fire him.

It would have been another 23 win season, bickering and another year of being the laughing stock.

With Zeke seemingly put in a no win situation, and new york loving underdogs and zeke always performing when in an underdog role, I'm even more optimistic than I was should LB have stayed.

I think the city is going to embrace these lovable losers.

It's going to be an extremely exciting season, every win will be more than last year...I mean, we lost 3 out of 4 games...and most of them at the end of the season were misery.

It's going to be fantastic...I hope zeke coaches summer league...that way he'll know what we got.

I knew zeke was going to coach this bunch all along, he's always wanted to coach, but LB came out of nowhere and that was simply a no brainer (we all thought it, so don't act like you didn't, with the exception of the 1 or 2 guys, but everyone else was like YEAH LB!!)

This will be more about winning and less about politics.

More winning, less whining.

Gonna be quite the season...and it's going to be interesting seeing who the true knick fans are and who is really just rooting against the team because of their obsession with hating Isiah.

This current season there was a kid that was rooting for the knicks to lose to the celtics and he was banned...come mods, let's keep this ultimate knicks and not IHateZeke.com

The coach and GM are finally on the same page let's see what can happen.

I think there are a lot of fans that think we were good before LB got here and that he just ruined the train that was headed to the finals. Nothing has changed here since the Shanvis Knighteacard Eisleyspoonington III days.

Posted by realhiphop:

What has IT done to let us believe in him? 3 coaches have failed with Marbury at the core of their roster.

Curry, Frye, David Lee, Nate Robinson, Jamal Crawford, Jackie Butler, Quentin Richardson.

Quit believing LB and the media, we're stacked and young and they will all have had a year under their belts, for pete's sake, 3 of them were ROOKIES.

Go root for the nets.

It's about time hes out of here!!!!

It's ironic because if you take Curry out of the mix the guys you listed were the only guys to play hard for Larry all year long. Don't remember Larry bashing that group.

I'm with you Rich, he should even pay back what he received. And you better believe that Stern still remembers about the Olympic gold we lost.

I think it's possible that Marbury will be traded. Dolan hates it when his employees air their grievances in the media. He can't be happy with Marbury's role in what has transpired.

Wow...

B Tierney on 1050 ESPN:

Larry Brown met with Mills, Dolan, etc. and asked about what players would be "deleted" from the roster, and Dolan said enough you're fired.

[Edited by - PresIke on 06-22-2006 12:01 PM]