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Well. Good riddance! lets hope they get a decent coach now and get rid of Marbury & Curry during the summer.

At least this will mean the end of every Isiah Thomas update ... I hope

Can you be fired and still be employed at the same location?????

It's about time.

he's not going anywhere. they still have to pay him so they will work him in somewhere. marbury will be back too. they need his contract for it's expiration value next year. and curry's staying because no one else will have him. nothing's changed. they just put lipstick on a pig and are selling it as something new......

http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/180875

He caved. Isiah should have been given transportation to the airport.

"Walsh also said he would put former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, and assistant Herb Williams, on the list of candidates. "

I like the idea of bringing back Van Gundy. Since he was fired the Knicks have been a mess.

Walsh better hire me or the Knicks will continue to suck. He should at least consult me on whom to hire

Isn't the real question Why did it take so long?

"Why Knicks fired Thomas"

Uhmm...I don't think we have THAT much time, do we???

"Why Knicks fired Thomas"

Is an explanation really necessary?

They fired him because the team is worse off now than when he took over. Anyone who argues that point is failing to look at the roster, two 59 loss seasons and no years at or above .500.

An awful roster of overpaid untradeable role players. No true starters on the roster.

Trading away 1st round picks, and essentially the reward for being a perennial sub .500 team for 1 overweight C that things "D-fence" is just the thing around his yard that he paints every summer.

Terrible President, terrible GM, and terrible coach. He tried every role and the team failed to improve with him in any of them.

And now they are saddled with contracts for players that should be coming off the bench.

Anyone who can answer the question "Why Knicks fired Isiah Thomas" in a million words or less will win a used ace bandage signed by Stephon Marbury.

Thomas has nothing but a fool's pride. Why would a Hall of Famer want to hang around and be ridiculed the way he has been---albeit for good reason. He has made a mess of this opportunity. Move on, take your lumps and chalk it up as a bad experience----much like when Jordan and Pippin dethroned his Pistons.

Actually he is not "fired". If Holmes still has a job with the organization - then he is not fired. You have got to remember they took that hit from the woman who got the bread for the harrassment situation. He did not get fired then....not now either. It should have been announced that Isiah is not the coach anymore - which would still make then fans of the Knicks happy to hear it in that manner.

The only organization in the NBA worse than the Knicks is the Bulls. Now, if only Paxson would be fired....

This is as stupid as any question could be, SI. Why ask the obvious?

Anyone that doesn't understand why Isiah was fired, wouldn't understand if you explained it to them. Isiah was probably the worse front office executive in the history of professional sports.

Why did the Knicks fire Thomas? He s*cked, that's why. Don't need a whole article to explain it. Just look at their record with him "leading" them.