The NBA has reviewed Isiah Thomas' brush with referee Eric Lewis from Wednesday night's loss to the Rockets and will not suspend him, according to two league sources.
Video review by the league showed that, while there was contact between Thomas and Lewis as the Knicks' coach argued the lack of a three-second call on Yao Ming, Thomas didn't initiate it, one of the sources said. Lewis didn't initiate it, either. It was incidental contact that occurred while Lewis was raising his arm to assess the technical foul.
So will you be happy to see Isiah back on the bench Friday night against the Raptors? Or would you rather see Herb Williams?
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KEN,
Would it be too much to ask for a real coach? One that paid their dues at most levels; attended coaching clinics and listened to the best. Then, later spoke at coaching clinics AS one of the best. A guy that studied film untill he couldn't see straigh a few times a week. Someone who scouted teams and players from here to Timbuktoo.......................................................................
Not a guy like Isiah. Not a nice guy like Herb who was handed a clipboard by Don Chaney so he didn't have to release him from the organization. Not a guy like Mark Acguire whose credentials are that he grew up on the sane tough streets as "Second city Slick"...Not a guy that tagged along for the Detroit ride then made a ket career move by following isiah to the CBA, then Toronto, then Indy, and now here. And certainly not a guy that coached Jermaine O'Neal in HS in South Carolina and followed him to Portland, then Indy and met the devil who then brought him here.
Is that asking too much for our $200 plus dollars a seat, monthly cable bill, NYK merchandise, and being spit on and told that it's only raining the past four years?
I'm on the fence! If Zeke is staying pat with the current team
to make his point that he could win with them that he stated to prove Larry Brown wrong, then Zeke has a big problem!
Without trades to improve he's digging his own grave!
It would be more punishment if Isiah has to sit through a Knicks game and watch the mess he created.