Nothin's gonna stop us from raisin' a banna...

My friend e-mailed me a few paragraphs from Bill Simmons' latest column which start to put in perspective how badly Isiah Thomas has screwed up the Knicks.

The Bobcats have 13 wins and the Knicks have 14 wins. According to hoopshype.com, Charlotte's 2005-06 payroll is $33.4 million, while New York's payroll is $125.9 million. Not including team options on younger players, Charlotte has $21.8 million in guaranteed salaries committed for 2007; $14.2 million committed in 2008; and $0.0 million in 2009. New York's guaranteed money looks like this: $110.3 million (2007); $49 million (2008); and $45 million (2009). Also, the Bobcats kept all their first-round picks through the decade, while New York gives Chicago its 2006 lottery pick and switches first-rounders with the Bulls in 2007 (with the Knicks getting the lower pick).

To recap: For that one extra win, the Knicks spent four times as much money, killed their cap flexibility through 2009 and gave away any chance of having a top-five pick in the next two years.

Oh, and by the way, he's also in deep doo-doo for sexually harassing one of the top female executives at the Garden.

Assuming any of this is remotely accurate (the internets being notorious for people spreading "Tenuta to UM" rumors and such), you're telling me that no one at MSG recognizes what a fuckup this guy is?

Unfortunately, I think it's probably somewhat similar to something that I've seen in person recently; a boss makes an atrocious hire and then basically shuts their eyes, sticks their fingers in their ears and pretends not to notice how badly the new imbecile is screwing everything up.

Because as we all know, admitting you made a mistake (any mistake) is a sign of weakness. Better just let the idiot run the ship into the ground. After all, you're smarter than everyone else, so they probably haven't even noticed yet.