From Isiah to Billy?
Knicks fans were delighted when Donnie Walsh was tagged as the franchise’s latest savior. He was and is expected to restore order in the Garden, and more to the point, bring the team back towards respectability. Translation: Heads are expected to roll.
One of Walsh’s first hires could prove controversial (to say the least), as rumor has it that former Sixers GM Billy King is in talks with the Knicks.
According to an NBA executive who talked with Walsh this past week, the team’s new president has plans to begin interviewing [Billy] King and [Rick] Sund, and perhaps a third candidate, shortly after the season ends Wednesday.
Isiah has obviously got to go (or the very least, accept a greatly reduced role within the organization), but Billy King? Seriously?
King, who was universally recognized as being terrible at his job while in Philly, seems to have suddenly become employable again thanks to the somewhat shocking run towards the postseason by the Sixers.
So there you have it Knicks fans: Should Billy come into the fold, expect mediocrity for the next few years, before your team makes an ill-fated push towards the Playoffs. Exciting, no?
30 Responses to “From Isiah to Billy?”
Apr.14 at 9:07 am
Nick says:
wow.
Apr.14 at 9:11 am
Joel O's says:
Aren’t there better guys around? I’m sure there are a whole bunch of assistant coaches on decent teams who, if given the chance, will probably do a much better job. Geez.
Apr.14 at 9:16 am
d.Y. says:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Apr.14 at 9:25 am
Andrew says:
knicks would be a new word in the dictionary for sucking&cursed&inept&incompetent.
Apr.14 at 9:27 am
TADOne says:
This has got to be a joke.
Apr.14 at 9:49 am
Ron says:
As a Philly guy and Knick hater (Divison foes, I hater them all!) I say to all of You in NYC Good Luck and Good Riddance.
Apr.14 at 9:57 am
Russ Bengtson says:
I know the popular opinion is that he’s terrible and all, but didn’t Billy King draft Andre Iguodala, Louis Williams, Thaddeus Young and Samuel Dalembert?
Apr.14 at 10:11 am
thesubwayconnection says:
Russ, you’re right, he did. I don’t think Billy is terrible, but I don’t think he’s the man the Knicks are looking for, either.
Apr.14 at 10:12 am
thesubwayconnection says:
Oh, and Mutoni, last line of the first paragraph, heads usually “roll.”
Apr.14 at 10:16 am
TADOne says:
True indeed, Russ. But Billy is also the GM who gave Dalembert and Korver those ridiculous contracts. Imagine what he will do with Dolan’s money.
Apr.14 at 10:21 am
tony says:
Tony DiLeo; I hope the knicks enjoy Billy.
Apr.14 at 10:24 am
hursty says:
@ sub… is it a pun thingy?
Go get Kiki Vandeweghe (or however you spell that sh!t)
Apr.14 at 11:00 am
hursty says:
anyone is better than Isiah though. ‘Sometimes you have to go from really bad to really, really awful to get better.’
Apr.14 at 11:08 am
Ryan Jones says:
Khalid?
Apr.14 at 11:14 am
Russ Bengtson says:
Billy’s not gonna be handing out contracts like that under Uncle Donnie’s watch. Not until after 2010, anyway. They just need to get rid of expensive guys for expiring ones (if possible) and draft smart.
Apr.14 at 11:34 am
Khalid Salaam says:
I wouldn’t let Billy King unclog crap outta my toilet
Apr.14 at 11:36 am
J. Hugh says:
Yes. Billy King did draft those players, but it wasn’t until Stefanski came in and traded away Korver and told Cheeks to push the ball and play the young guys that the season turned around. So while he did draft them, their success now has nothing to do with him, but more with Stefanski taking over and changing philosophy. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20080410_Sam_Donnellon__Sixers_coach_Cheeks_growing_with_his_kids.html
Apr.14 at 11:40 am
sefos says:
please no. no more.
Apr.14 at 12:09 pm
iLL wiLL says:
Oh wow. Talk about lateral movement.
Apr.14 at 12:57 pm
riggs says:
this is more like from the frying pan into HELL.
Apr.14 at 1:31 pm
Dark says:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Apr.14 at 2:01 pm
what says:
First item on Billy King’s to-do list: sign Mardy Collins to 6 year, $42 million extension
Apr.14 at 6:53 pm
Eboy says:
Knicks will win it all next year with Billy King! mark my words peasants.
Apr.14 at 7:17 pm
AC says:
Nice… could be worse… he could go for Grunwald.
Apr.14 at 8:51 pm
The Promise says:
I could do better than Billy King
Apr.14 at 10:34 pm
AC says:
The Promise for Kicks GM! Start the campaign here!
Apr.15 at 12:53 am
TC says:
It doesn’t matter who coaches this trainwreck. As long as Stephon “best guard in the NBA” Marbury is on the Knicks roster, they will find a way to lose.
Apr.15 at 3:37 am
chintao says:
Wow. Steph only has to be on th roster? He needn’t even be on the Court? Please, be real….
Apr.15 at 7:25 am
illydiva says:
Acknowledging that Billy King did do pretty well in drafting Iggy, Thad and Lou, I would say he’s a competent evaluator of talent. Billy’s problem is with the $$$. That said, I would think the Knicks would be no worse off as long as Billy is not allowed to handle the contracts.
Apr.15 at 8:58 am
Slobodan Chutzpah says:
So he had a couple of ok draft picks. Still, with Isiah’s resources he probably would have been as bad as the good Dr. Rev. Thomas. I will strangle myself if this happens, I promise.