Isaiah will finally put an abrupt stop to the softee madness on this team.
The Knicks were well aware of the type of player they were getting when they traded for Sprewell five years ago. He was talented, unselfish and a competitor who always played hurt. Thomas wants similar players.
"I'm in a process right now of assessing and evaluating our team and one of the things I'm evaluating and assessing is what will a New York Knick player look like," Thomas said. "And what values will he possess and how will he play and everything else. So before you can put X talent on this team I've got to get a better feel for what the Knick player is going to look like."
On Wednesday, Thomas criticized Knicks players for allowing Sprewell to run wild inside the Garden and humiliate Dolan, their boss. Although Thomas wasn't condoning Sprewell's behavior, he didn't knock him, either. Thomas seemed to respect Sprewell for competing, delivering (he scored 31 points) and playing with swagger. Thomas, after all, is someone who played with Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman and Mark Aguirre.
-From Frank Isola's article.
Watch Isaiah ship out the softees, starting with everyone with a punk-ass response to what happened on Tuesday. That includes Chaney.
I can't wait. What this team has turned into is a group with a softee mentality. That's the "Character" DOlan wanted so bad. He got it smashed in his face on Tuesday, and maybe now he's humiliated enough to back the hell off meddling weith the roster and let Isaiah do his thing.
Another season, and more adversity to persevere through. We will get the job done, even BETTER than last year.
GO KNICKS!
