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NBA FanHouse walks through the Valley of the Most Likely; we shall fear no topic.It's hard to imagine a job sullied as Knicks '08 drawing a top candidate in other town, excepting L.A. If Isiah Thomas had run amok in Minneapolis or East Rutherford or even Chicago, the franchise would have extreme trouble recruiting a respected, highly sought-after boss. But thus is the lore of the Knickerbockers, who yanked Donnie Walsh out of the midwest with relative ease and followed up with Mike D'Antoni.
How long until Walsh realizes what he stepped in? The level to which Isiah embarrassed NYC is only partially basketball-related, granted, and Walsh has served decades without getting his employers sued for sexual harassment. But the roster is an unequivocal disaster. There's no easy way out except to wait until 2011. Of course, Walsh can't wait until 2011 because the entire universe (save Zach Randolph, Jerome James and Jared Jeffries) is a free agent in 2010. Walsh will be breaking his back over the next 18 months to clear the rubble, and there's a strong possibility he'll come up short.
If Walsh can't escape some of this payroll at the trade deadline, he's going to have a very depressing spring experience on the court. A miracle might not get this team competitive enough to contend for the postseason, and if teams were focused on '10 cap space this past summer, imagine how feral these GMs will be in scavenging expiring contracts (of which N.Y. will have few) next July. Indianapolis is a long way from Madison Square Garden, but it's going to seem like it's in a different galaxy for Walsh this year.
Others receiving consideration:
Mike D'Antoni
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