I hope Stern saw the article and contacted Dolan. Does the NBA have a best interest for the game clause that could allow Stern to suspend Dolan and fire Isiah? It is such a joke. In addition to being totally incompetent not succesful, and damaging the team for the future with horrible roster/cap moves, Isiah has embarrassed the team with the sexual harrasment law suit, the fight against the Nuggets, his racist statements, his verbal altercations with the courtside fans. I know Stern does not want to have another draft where the fans are chanting Fire Isiah thru the entire event.

Posted by 4949:

He sure has a big smile on his face again. And it's that little smirk he always has when he's up to something. So much for the poll we took of him staying or being gone.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03212008/sports/knicks/dolan_gives_isiah_pep_talk_102843.htm

when I last looked at the poll- it was about 50/50

Posted by 4949:

He sure has a big smile on his face again. And it's that little smirk he always has when he's up to something. So much for the poll we took of him staying or being gone.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03212008/sports/knicks/dolan_gives_isiah_pep_talk_102843.htm

Knicks will be restructured. My bet is Isiah loses player personell control but stays on as coach. As long as he has no power in who is picked/traded--I don't care if he coaches. We are not winning next year unless we get Beasley and make some other good moves.

Posted by CrushAlot:

I hope Stern saw the article and contacted Dolan. Does the NBA have a best interest for the game clause that could allow Stern to suspend Dolan and fire Isiah? It is such a joke. In addition to being totally incompetent not succesful, and damaging the team for the future with horrible roster/cap moves, Isiah has embarrassed the team with the sexual harrasment law suit, the fight against the Nuggets, his racist statements, his verbal altercations with the courtside fans. I know Stern does not want to have another draft where the fans are chanting Fire Isiah thru the entire event.

Well, the main reason the Feds got involved with the baseball steroid scandal was because when a huge economic enterprise is threatened, then that effects a part of the economy. It is the thing the Government needs to try to keep healthy, in order to keep the monies going round and round. If what happened last year, if it wasn't exposed by the Feds, then the fans might not of considered coming back to the games, in protest. But because of the fact that the Feds did' intervene, showed the fans that something would be done about it.

It all comes down to economics. Back in the 80's, when Stienbrenner was running the entire orgainzation into the ground, that was considered a big black eye in baseball. The Yankees are one of the biggest markets in all of sports and when this was going down, the old commioner of baseball, Giamati (I think that's the correct spelling) suspended George for about a year or two. Hence, the organization was able to get back on track and eventually won a W.S. starting in 1996.

So you see what intervention can do to help large businesses that are being mismanaged? This would be the very same scenario that Stern would be able to take, to correct the situation. And the only excuse he can use (and it's true) is that the Knicks, in NYC, are one of biggest markets in all of the NBA. By letting this disaster continue the way it is, and the fact that the fans constantly are yelling 'fire isiah' is a reason for Stern to intervien. This situation is hurting a big part of the NBA market and Stern can no longer let that happen. And this is exactly why he is making this big move and basically warning' dolan that there better be big changes.

I still think there are gonna be some big buyouts on this team when the season is over with. dolan can afford to buy out. Hell, he's already spent millions upon millions doing it the last several years. But the larger picture of this buyout scenario is 'because the Knicks have such huge market, they will instantly get back all' of their money and millions more, if and when they get rid of some of the problem and bring in some players who can turn this whole thing around, then the team will have instant and major credibility again and the Knick market will sustain itself once again.

A few of you have already said it yourself. When the point was made about people not going to Knick games anymore, because of this disaster, you said that it didn't matter, that there will always be people filling those seats, because the market was so big.

The point to all of this is 'NY is one of the premier markets and when a market this size is lagging in it's true potential, Stern and the NBA are feeling the pinch'. I just don't understand why he hasn't made this move already years ago?

Posted by GKFv2:

He will be back. Bippity warned us.

I didn't believe it either. I didn't believe he'd be gone. This is absolutely amazing. I think isiah would have to accidentally burn down MSG, for dolan to 'consider' firing him. Just amazing.