It seems he could do a better job at treating players that have been traded or released. Deke and Dice seem to have some issues with the way their departure was handled and those guys are pretty upstanding vets.

Business, nothing personal.Vets should understand that better then anyone

Posted by MS:

There is business and then there is professionalism, which Isiah doesn't understand

same thing happened with chaney, he needs to call up the players and show some respect. It's a real slap in the face if to a guy like dikembe if he sees all these free agents being treated to all sorts of things by Isiah and when he gets traded he doesn't even get a phone call.

Thomas had no problem with a departing KVH, actually called him and they parted on good terms, sometimes these guys feel that they are owed much more than the millions they are paid.. what did deke want? a farewell parade?

Posted by tkf:

Thomas had no problem with a departing KVH, actually called him and they parted on good terms, sometimes these guys feel that they are owed much more than the millions they are paid.. what did deke want? a farewell parade?

Deke never complained about the way he was treated. He did indicate that he hadn't even talked to Isiah...or Isiah didn't call him when the trade went down. If that is true, shame on Isiah. Give the guys a call...thank them for their time with the Knicks and maybe they will want to come back (FWill maybe?). Regardless, it makes other guys (FAs) notice and make them more inclined to want to play for you.

Deke was cool complimenting others but being neutral on Isiah.

Isiah treated Chaney like dirt. You may not like his coaching job, but the year before he got a lot out of that team and they played well as a unit. Isiah said he was there to "help" but he really was cold going on Letterman the night before and just handling the whole situation badly.

This considering how much he was hurt by Larry Bird. Isiah I thought handled it and referenced that he would do better.

As long as he improves we can just say Isiah is not perfect. He is not.

Dice went thru a tough time and Laydog was nice to him. Isiah should have comunicated better, but new GM in town gonna have its effects. Dice can look upon the communication from Laydog, Dolan, and Mills and say we treated him well.

Deke is like 50 years old and in denial that he has 4 more years left. He is a proud man, and a great guy. He handled his comments well, and I am sure the press was looking for an angle very hard to get him on somthing.

OTher than chaney, I think Isiah is doing ok.

As much as a love the job Isiah's doing,Im not going to kid myself and ignore the fact that he has a reputation for being an SOB back to his days in Detroit.

Yeah,he could do better in the personality department but pretty much everyone to a man said that Layden was a really nice guy which I believe he probably was but look where that got us.

If I had a choice,Ill take the SOB who is making the right moves every time.Its not like he disrespected an LJ or a Ewing who were established vets with the Knicks or JVG.Yeah Chaney deserved better but so did we.

Posted by Kwazimodal:

Yeah Chaney deserved better but so did we.

lol this one is very good !

It's ok when Isiah does it to somebody else but when it's done to Isiah, it's unprofessional and unfair.

All I can say it, what goes around, comes around.

Posted by islesfan:

It's ok when Isiah does it to somebody else but when it's done to Isiah, it's unprofessional and unfair.

Who said that??

This subject is touchy. Isiah IMHO has done nothing wrong in all his transactions since he arrived to NY. He is a business man for God's sake. Business is business, a deal is a deal more or less. He doesn't have to kiss every rejected player's ass just to make sure their feelings are not hurt. The media like to twist this around to sell the papers, otherwise they only have a line or two to print.