The Perpetual NBA Thread

[ILuvDetailing]

Go Suns! hehe

[Kanut]

panget talaga ni nate mukhang gremlins hehe

[RMean]

^ shempre, wizards broadcasting crew yung commentators eh.

eto parehong pareho lng.. homecourt ng magic so malamang commentator galing sa home team to.. pero tignan mo naman ung pinagkaiba

parang patay na bata ung commentator dun sa ny-was game

[RMean]

Thomas to return to Knicks with multiyear extension
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer
March 12, 2007

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- Isiah Thomas got a multiyear contract extension Monday, nine months after he was warned the Knicks needed to show "evident progress" or he'd be out of a job.

With the Knicks in the hunt for a playoff spot, Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan went back on his vow to wait until after the season to make his decision, saying that Thomas would return as coach and team president.

Thomas added the coaching duties to his other role in June after Dolan fired Larry Brown following one season. But along with the job came the ultimatum, though Dolan never publicly said what the Knicks needed to do this season to show that progress.

But with New York (29-34) already six wins better than last season and currently eighth in the Eastern Conference, Dolan said the improvement under Thomas "needs to be recognized now and not wait."

"I believe we have clearly seen significant and evident progress," Dolan said.

Dolan's announcement comes well ahead of schedule. When he met with the team's beat writers in December, he stressed that he wouldn't make a decision until after the season. However, the Knicks were 8-15 at the time and coming off a dismal home loss to Boston a night earlier in which they trailed by 30 points.

Things quickly got worse for Thomas, as the Knicks lost twice more that week -- the second coming in the brawl with Denver that embarrassed the organization -- to fall to a season-worst eight games under .500.

Dolan has since been impressed by a turnaround that has the Knicks on pace to make the playoffs after a two-year absence. They entered Monday with a half-game lead over Orlando for the final spot in the East.

More than the record, Dolan praised Thomas for getting the team to play together and for the improvement in the Knicks' young players. Second-year forward David Lee has become one of the NBA's best sixth men, and Eddy Curry has turned into one of the top centers in the East.

"I think every player has done well under Isiah," Dolan said. "I think we have a great future."



http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

[empy]

grabe nagmukhang NBDL team ang Lakers against the Mavs

i have to admit Isaiah has done well coaching the overpaid, undermotivated Knicks. i think the writing is on the wall - Dolan needs to keep him on as coach and fire him as GM.

[theveed]

How about that, the mighty Mavs got embarassed by the track-and-field team hehe

[baiskee]

How about that, the mighty Mavs got embarassed by the track-and-field team hehe

ayos! medyo ok ok na ko sa ginawa ng mavs sa lakers.

[theveed]

Bulok kasi Lakers heheh

PEACE PEACE !!!! (walang gumagalaw na basketball thread eh hehe)

[kimpOy]

GO KNICKS! he..he

[ssaloon]

17 point blowout!!!