I swear, Isiah Thomas is my choice for Rasputin Lifetime Underachievment Award. If there was one, dig up the crusty bastico from his grave because damnit, Zeke's done it again. I'm not sure how he did it [and quite frankly I'd rather not know], but after managing to get an overpaid group of nonachievers into "playoff contention in the Eastern Conference" [which loosely translates into 'you're not a good team, but you're good enough to contend for a spot to have your ass kicked by either Detroit or Miami in the 1st round'], Dumblan deemed that as significant progress to keep Isiah around to continue running the NBA's most storied franchise on the Right Coast into Detroit Lion levels of ineptitude. Actually, I check that statement. Not even Matt Millen could do THIS fucked up a job running a franchise that's got the star power the Knicks have.

Here's a fun fact for most of you. Do you realize that over the past MONTH we've seen more of the Cavaliers than we have the Knicks on national television in the past THREE YEARS?! WTF?! Well, another year will go by with no Knicks playing postseason basketball, possibly no Lakers unless Kobe Bauer decides to start hogging the ball and averaging about 50 a game over the remainder of this stretch. And even IF they do make it, what's awaiting him in the first round? Mavs or Suns? But I digress and return to the Knicks. Sadly for the fans who are basically being robbed for the price they're having to fork out to see this bunch of nonachieving, overpaid mooks...James Dolan ensured that there'd be no hope in sight for the forseeable future. Say, think there's any way ole Adolf Stern rigs the lottery so that Greg Oden ends up in NY? I smell a Patrick Ewing/Oden comparison if the Knicks get the #1 pick in the May lottery. But can anyone tell me exactly what Zeke's done to get an extension? Seriously. Are the Knicks any better this year than a year ago? No.

Have they shown significant signs of progress towards returning to the form they had...seven years ago? Nope.

Is there any hope for the future? Yes, but if Zeke's the head man in charge than this too, is an emphatic NO.

Look at the marquee franchises in this league and almost all of them are playoff bound this year and will be for many years to come. The Bulls, Lakers, Pistons, Spurs...all playoff bound. The Knicks haven't seen the playoffs since 2003-2004 and haven't finished over the Mendoza line in SEVEN DAMN SEASONS!!! SEVEN. The only consistent thing that remains about this team are the bad contracts they inherit and the moves that has you ready to commit Isiah Thomas to a sanitarium for the rest of his natural born life. If I've said it once, I'll say it a thousand times. Anyone who manages to sink an entire LEAGUE, should not under any circumstances be granted the opportunity to run a franchise. And what's even worse is that when/if the Nets move to Brooklyn, they'll be the worst team in the NY/NJ borough. If it weren't for the Bobcats and Hawks, they'd be the absolute worst team on the East Coast right now. Yeah, I'm saying the C's and Sixty-Niners are probably gonna improve quicker than...no, wait. Philly's right at the bottom with NY. Boston's probably gonna improve quicker, as their nucleus is a WEE bit better. The team's just as fucked as the Knicks though, what with Stephon Telfair running the point and what not [what was Ainge smoking when he made that deal last July?].

So congratulations to James Dolan, for proving not only that hindsight is indeed 20/20, but for showing us all there really is a dumber executive than Matt Millen.