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You know how some people just “Get It”? Well the Knicks are one of those ‘people’. They are just so in tuned to whats going on and so well run, it’s no wonder they keep winning championships. They make strong hires from the get go.  They are great at the draft. Always get their guy. Oh, and they play great defense with their coach.

Wait, that’s Spurs, or… The Lakers.  Or really anyone but the Knicks.

Isiah Thomas is BACK!! great news for everyone named Isiah Thomas.

Isiah Thomas cost the Knicks over 200 million dollars whlie he was with the team via his contract, absurd luxury tax costs due to high payroll, and his 12 million dollar sexual harassment lawsuit that they settled on with an intern.

Playoffs were never even really an option, even though they had double the salary that anyone else did.

No question Thomas is one of the greatest players of all time, and no one can forget his sprained ankle quarter where he put up like 30 points in a quarter in the playoffs. But he will also go down as not only the worst coach, but also the worst GM in NBA history (Kahn is making a hard push for it though).

Thomas will be hired as a “consultant” which means to me that they’ll eventually give him GM-ship and then the coaching reigns once again.

Isiah was just coaching FIU (and will “stay there”) last year. They put up a solid fight in UNC”s opener last year (which made me realize off the bat how bad UNC was going to be). But he had to coach for free, no one would touch him. I guess he needed money, and the Knicks have plenty of that. I’m sure he’s had a positive impact at a non-existant college basketball program with recruiting. But come on, Knicks, are we really going down this road again?

This is definitely the #1 reason Lebron James made the right decision to not go to the Knicks…. They sent Isiah to represent their team during the recruiting push.

I don’t think America/the World is ready to stop hearing about Lebron James and his media antics the last few weeks. And here to comply, I’ve got two more great spoofs.

First takes the footage of Hul Hogan defecting to the WWF or some wrestling federation years and year ago, dubbed over with Wade/Bosh/Lebron faces and names.  Hilarious: Read the rest of this entry »

A lot has been made about Lebron and his “decision” and the incredible backlash that ensued. Bill Simmons had a great mockery of it with his decision on SportsNation as to whether he would re-up on his Clippers tickets for the upcoming season, or change to another team.

Steve Carell with Paul Rudd on the ESPY’s also mocked it with some shameless restaurant plugs.

Carell and Rudd on the ESPY’s “The Decision”:

Simmons on SportsNation “The Decision”:

Ron Artest makes sure everyone is entertained at his post-game news conference. A little champagne really makes the crazy come out in Ron-Ron. Unfortunately we didn’t get to settle the Sheed-Artest, who-would-win that-fight argument in game, but this clip from Artest is well worth 10 minutes to watch.

Tyler McGill, Celtics fan, somehow got his friends to bet him that he wouldn’t walk from Madison Square Garden in downtown New York, to the TD Garden in Boston. The distance? 200 miles.  This idiot/genius walked 200 miles in order to get his buddies to buy him tickets to game 3, 4, and 5 at Boston vs the Lakers.  This probably netted him a cool $1000-$2000 worth of tickets PER GAME ($3k-$6k Total).

That works out to be about $15-$30 per mile, and about $45-$90 an hour for this guy. Check out the CBS News video:

Don’t let Phil Jackson’s laid back demeanor fool you, He’s got plenty to cheer for for game 7.  Throughout these playoffs, Phil has seemingly taken every timeout break to state the obvious about the game, and let his players motivate themselves.

While this has proved successful with 9 championships handed to him by Shaq and MJ, and last year’s first great coaching job to the cahmpionship.

He actually does have incentive to win game 7 tomorrow versus the Celtics.

2 Million Bucks. According to ESPN.com, Phil Jackson has a $2 million dollar trigger bonus in his contract for winning the NBA title this year.  And while he already made $12 million this year, an extra 16% to anyones salary is significant.  So if theres any way to go out for retirement, it’s an extra $2 million to drop into that 401k.  Good Luck Phil, get yourself some more suits like the Bulls’ days.

Please lose, Kobe.