1.Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas joined the Knickerbockers as president, basketball operations on Dec 22, 2003, as president and general manager Scott Layden was relieved of his duties. . . On the same day, Steve Mills was promoted to president and chief operating officer
2. Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens was formally introduced as the 21st head coach of the Knicks on Jan 15, 2004. . . The previous day (Jan 14), Don Chaney was relieved of his duties as head coach, and assistant coach Herb Williams was named interim head coach for that night’s game. . . Knicks went 15-24 under Chaney, 1-0 under Williams, 23-19 under Wilkens. . .Assistant coaches Brendan Malone and Lon Kruger were relieved of their duties on Jan 14. . . Mark Aguirre (Jan 16), Dick Helm (Jan 16) and George Glymph joined Knicks staff as assistant coaches, as Williams and Michael Malone were retained as well.
3. Moochie Norris and John Amaechi (waived on Jan 5) were acquired on Dec 30 from Houston for Clarence Weatherspoon. . .
4. Stephon Marbury, four-time All-Star Anfernee Hardaway and Cezary Trybanski were acquired from Phoenix for senior Knick Charlie Ward, Howard Eisley, Antonio McDyess, Maciej Lampe, the draft rights to Milos Vujanic and two future draft picks. . .
5. DerMarr Johnson was signed as a free agent on Feb 3
6. Tim Thomas and Nazr Mohammed were acquired in a three-team deal that sent Keith Van Horn to Milwaukee and Michael Doleac and Joel Przybilla to Atlanta
7. Four-time All-Star Vin Baker was signed as a free agent on March 12
8. Knicks... Opening Night roster featured newcomers Jamal Crawford, Jerome Williams, Trevor Ariza and Jamison Brewer (injured list)...
9. Lenny Wilkens was fired after 16-13 record
10. Jan 22 appointment of Herb Williams as head coach
11. At the trading deadline approached, acquiring veterans Malik Rose from San Antonio and Maurice Taylorfrom Houston on Feb 24...
12. Rookie center Jackie Butler (Feb 27) and veteran backcourt man Jermaine Jackson (Feb 28) were signed as free agents...
13. Offseason trades and acquisitions Matt Barnes, Eddy Curry, Antonio Davis, Jerome James and Quentin Richardson
14. Knicks drafted Channing Frye, Nate Robinson and David Lee...
15. Acquiring veteran Jalen Rose from Toronto on Feb. 3 (with conditional first-round 2006 draft choice and cash considerations for Antonio Davis)
16. Picking up three-time All-Star Steve Francis from Orlando on Feb. 22 (for Anfernee Hardaway and Trevor Ariza)…
17. Qyntel Woods (Dec. 6) and Ime Udoka (Apr. 6; Knicks first-ever call-up from NBA D-League) were signed as free agents...
18. The Oct. 17, 2005 retirement of Allan Houston
19. The Knicks selected junior forward Renaldo Balkman from South Carolina No. 20 overall and senior Mardy Collins from Temple has been selected No. 29. overall in the 2006 NBA Draft
20. Knicks Sign Free Agent Jared Jeffries
21. New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas announced August 8th that free agent forward Jared Jeffries has been signed to a contract.
22. Knicks Waive Ime Udoka
23. New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas announced Oct 2 that forward Elton Brown, guard Milone Clark, center Paul Miller and forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili have been signed as free agents.
24. Knicks Waive Maurice Taylor
25. Knicks Sign Kelvin Cato
26. New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach Isiah Thomas announced Oct 25 that the team has exercised the third-year options on the contracts for forward/center Channing Frye, forward David Lee and guard Nate Robinson.
27. New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach Isiah Thomas announced Oct 25 that forwards Elton Brown and Nikoloz Tskitishvili, guard Milone Clark and center Paul Miller have been waived.
28. The NBA suspended six players, including four Knicks, and fined the two teams $500,000 apiece as a result of an altercation that took place Sat, Dec 16 at the Knicks-Nuggets game.
29. New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach Isiah Thomas announced Oct 30 that the team has waived guard/forward Jalen Rose.
30.Knicks Extend Thomas’ Contract as President and Head Coach The New York Knickerbockers signed Isiah Thomas to a multi-year extension as the team’s president and head coach, it was announced March 12.

How about creating the same for the mastermind Scott Layden

Good point. All the troubles go back to Layden. All the moves Isiah made, he made because he had to solve the problems Layden caused.

In fact, he still hasn't solved them all. Today's problems are still Layden's fault. This doesn't even take into account what Larry Brown did to this Franchise. I think it will be 2019 before the Knicks are fully recovered from the one-two punch of Layden and Brown.

Just give Isiah time. It's going to take a lot of work to recover from the damage done by those two.

Posted by buddapaw:

How about creating the same for the mastermind Scott Layden

What does that have to do with anything? Isiah CONTINUED to mismanage the team and has us in an even bigger hole. To pin this on Layden is like pinning George W. Bush's failures on former president Bush or Clinton. Give me a break!!! He had complete control and so far our team stars are the official McDonalds mascot and a point guard who hasn't said the right thing in 11 years in the NBA, and has a trend that the higher his stats go, the worse a team does. Zzzzz... a monkey picking names out of a hat could've created a team with equal success.

[Edited by - Solace on Apr 06 2007 5:53 PM]

[Edited by - Solace on Apr 06 2007 5:53 PM]

I just listed what IT did
This speaks for itself
This is the best training material for any GM in NBA on how team should NOT be run
The thing I cannot understand waht IT did to get support on this side. Are we in Chicago or Detroit?


[Edited by - arkrud on 04-06-2007 8:58 PM]

[Edited by - arkrud on 04-06-2007 8:59 PM]

Posted by joec32033:

Posted by arkrud:

I just listed what IT did
This speaks for itself
This is the best training material for any GM in NBA on how team should NOT be run
The thing I cannot understand waht IT did to get support on this side. Are we in Chicago or Detroit?


[Edited by - arkrud on 04-06-2007 8:58 PM]

[Edited by - arkrud on 04-06-2007 8:59 PM]

Isiah didn't do it, Larry Brown/Dolan/His Wife/HIs Gardner/His accountant/His agent/His manicurist.His pedicurist/His...........just pick someone eventually it can be traced back to someone else.

And all this guys are posting here?

Posted by TheloniusMonk:

I love how people love to mark Isiah's tenure here as the START of the Knicks problems......and his possible departure as the END of the Knicks' problems. They act like if Isiah was gone everything will look up even though Dolan is the one who hired both Isiah and Layden to carry out the vision he has for the Knicks. Comical.

I love how people love to pretend that Isiah had nothing to do with exacerbating the problems he inherited and the problems that have been created since he's been here. Everything is always somebody else's fault but never Isiah's. They act like Isiah was the only GM who could possibly fix the problems that he's made worse.