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http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/69934/20101105/isiah_still_believes_he_can_win_with_knicks/

Isiah Still Believes He Can Win With Knicks

Isiah Thomas was asked if he would describe his desire to return to his former position with the Knicks as a dream, a desire or an expectation.

“Desire or dream,” replied Thomas. “I don’t expect it. But knowing what I know about the game and the relationships that I have, I’m confident that if no crazy [stuff] happens, I think I can win in New York, and I think I was really close to winning in New York.”

When Thomas was hired in 2003, Thomas claims he immediately targeted LeBron James as the eventual centerpiece of the Knicks. Thomas believes James, who was a rookie in 2003, would have eventually come to New York if the former team president didn’t have his tenure derailed by a sexual harassment suit and a losing record.

“I have to believe that,” Thomas said, “because that was my plan. So I stick to it.”
Thomas acquired players like Eddy Curry and Jamal Crawford, who he thought would appeal to James.

“They were just all friendly, and they were all on the AAU circuit,” Thomas said.

Thomas believes there would be a chance James and Dwyane Wade would have signed with the Knicks instead of the Heat had he been able to stay true to his original plan.

“I think if you take away that trial,” Thomas said, “I’m still there, we make the playoffs a couple of times … and I don’t know if Miami has LeBron or Wade. We may have had LeBron and Wade.”

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http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/columns/story?columnist=oconnor_ian&id=5766026

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http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/columns/story?columnist=oconnor_ian&id=5766026

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id love to know what kind of meds hes on to he really is completely delusional

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id love to know what kind of meds hes on to he really is completely delusional

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So Isiah tries to justify giving away all he did to sign Eddy Curry as part of a masterplan to get LeBron as far back as 2005, LeBron was still under his rookie deal for two more years so the earliest he could have become unrestricted was 2008 unless the Cavs had agreed to S and T him which would have cost the earth back then.

I just hope for all Knicks fans sake that Isiah is never given another position of power within the organization.

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So Isiah tries to justify giving away all he did to sign Eddy Curry as part of a masterplan to get LeBron as far back as 2005, LeBron was still under his rookie deal for two more years so the earliest he could have become unrestricted was 2008 unless the Cavs had agreed to S and T him which would have cost the earth back then.

I just hope for all Knicks fans sake that Isiah is never given another position of power within the organization.

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All of you guys are forgetting that James Dolan is a certified moron who loves Isiah Thomas. Therefore, your logical arguments which clearly point out why Thomas should never again be allowed close to Madison Square Garden are irrelevant.

You never know what an irrational moron like James Dolan will do.

 

[rtbtParticipant]

All of you guys are forgetting that James Dolan is a certified moron who loves Isiah Thomas. Therefore, your logical arguments which clearly point out why Thomas should never again be allowed close to Madison Square Garden are irrelevant.

You never know what an irrational moron like James Dolan will do.

 

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