Knicks: The Horror

On Thursday night, the New York Knicks were blown out by 45 points to the powerhouse Boston Celtics. In fact, it was nearly the worst defeat in Knicks franchise history. A miracle-heave by the Knicks from nearly 40 feet with less than one second on the clock prevented the game from going down in history as their worst loss of all-time. The Knicks wound up losing the game 104-59. Their previous low-points total? 58 against the Jazz in 2000.

This game comes in the midst of multiple rumors regarding the termination of Head Coach and President Isiah Thomas. Thomas has been under scrutiny lately for assembling the highest payroll in the National Basketball Association and having absolutely nothing to show for it. League-wide, the contracts that Isiah negotiated with his players are ridiculed and laughed at. Because Thomas pays such underperforming players as Stephon Marbury, Zach Randolph and Eddy Curry such obscene amounts of money (over $40 million combined), no teams would consider trading for these players, for fear of consuming valuable cap space.

Since Isiah took the hull in 2003/4, the Knicks have yet to finish the regular season above .500 and have not advanced out of the first round of the playoffs. This season has been particularly horrendous for Knicks fans because of several high-profile scandals involving the team. The first scandal involved a sexual-harrassment lawsuit against the Knicks this Summer (which they lost) and the second was the much-publicized Marbury ordeal earlier this month where Marbury left the team after a flight to Phoenix and was subsequently punished with a very heavy fine.

As of right now, the Knicks have a record of 4-10 which is good for last-place in the Eastern Conference. Nobody knows how long Isiah Thomas will last, but Knicks fans hope his departure comes quickly. There have been chants of "Fire Isiah" at Knicks home games and the media has been closely documenting every mistake Isiah makes. I'm not a betting man, but if I were - I'd say it's a good bet that Thomas won't last through the year.