This is good for a storied franchise that been killed by crappy ownership(all of us VOOM fans know this family WAY TOO well....
) and terrible coaching.
Don't get me wrong, I HATE the Knicks, but a crappy Knicks is not very much fun....and does not help the league that THE biggest market of the sport has a horrible team.
NEW YORK -- Donnie Walsh is taking over the New York Knicks, and he's doing so on his terms.
An NBA source told ESPN.com on Wednesday that the Knicks yielded to Walsh's wishes on several key terms regarding authority and autonomy in reaching agreement on a four-year deal that installs Walsh as the new team president.
The Knicks are expected to introduce Walsh at a news conference at 1 p.m. ET.
Walsh will report directly to owner James Dolan, rather than to Madison Square Garden president Steve Mills, as was the arrangement under previous Knicks administrations.
Walsh also will have the authority to establish a new media policy, one that presumably will allow him -- and the Knicks' players -- to have full freedom of speech.
Less clear is the future of Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas, who was with the team in Memphis on Wednesday morning after New York (20-54 with eight games left) lost in overtime at Milwaukee on Tuesday night.
The hiring of Walsh means that Thomas has now been stripped of his team presidency, and the question of how -- or if -- the Knicks plan to part ways with Thomas the coach will be the first test of Walsh's leadership.
ESPN - Source: Knicks assent to several demands to get Walsh - NBA
) and terrible coaching.Don't get me wrong, I HATE the Knicks, but a crappy Knicks is not very much fun....and does not help the league that THE biggest market of the sport has a horrible team.
NEW YORK -- Donnie Walsh is taking over the New York Knicks, and he's doing so on his terms.
An NBA source told ESPN.com on Wednesday that the Knicks yielded to Walsh's wishes on several key terms regarding authority and autonomy in reaching agreement on a four-year deal that installs Walsh as the new team president.
The Knicks are expected to introduce Walsh at a news conference at 1 p.m. ET.
Walsh will report directly to owner James Dolan, rather than to Madison Square Garden president Steve Mills, as was the arrangement under previous Knicks administrations.
Walsh also will have the authority to establish a new media policy, one that presumably will allow him -- and the Knicks' players -- to have full freedom of speech.
Less clear is the future of Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas, who was with the team in Memphis on Wednesday morning after New York (20-54 with eight games left) lost in overtime at Milwaukee on Tuesday night.
The hiring of Walsh means that Thomas has now been stripped of his team presidency, and the question of how -- or if -- the Knicks plan to part ways with Thomas the coach will be the first test of Walsh's leadership.
ESPN - Source: Knicks assent to several demands to get Walsh - NBA
