Gothamist: Did Isiah Order The Code Red?

matthew

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:17:13 -0500

they didnt punish channing frye. Did david lee do anything? i didnt think so.

"Reverend" Al Sharpton

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:04:35 -0500

How come they only punished black players and not David Lee?

odam

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:48:55 -0500

great headline. if the NBA really wanted to punish the knicks, they should have just mandated a contract extension for Isiah

Phil

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:27:32 -0500

I agree with ^^^^. knicksfan should be hit by carmelo anthony. Excluding a few people, you are all fake knicks fans. Go to some nets games because we dont need you!

Matthew

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:22:08 -0500

Anyone who thinks the knicks were wrong in this situation (besides the initial foul) is crazy. Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith are young punks who deserve bigger suspensions. Isiah Thomas is doing better then Larry Brown did and I know for a fact that he will get this team to be great. if anyone disagrees lets hear what you have to say and then move to denver

Murray Hillster

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:17:29 -0500

Just to put the comments saying that this is "no big deal" in perspective. Now that the NBA has issued their punishment, Sports Illustrated is running a poll asking its readers whether they thought the punishment was too harsh, too lenient, or just right. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/12/18/brawl.suspensions.ap/index.html Out of 18,000 votes from what we probably can assume are sports fans, since they're at SI in the first place, only 10% think the punishment was too severe. 52% think it was too lenient.

Murray Hillster

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:16:22 -0500

tien

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:05:52 -0500

i'm with you, kojak. they should make fighting at knicks games mandatory! maybe knicks fans get to take a shot at isiah thomas!

Kojak

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:19:16 -0500

"on the plus side, this was the most exciting thing to happen at the garden involving the knicks in years." I agree. Hell I'll even pay to go to some games if I knew it would be this entertaining.

Ace

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:32:13 -0500

I agree with #3, this is getting blown out of proportion. It was a scrum that spilled into the stands and then blew up when Carmelo Anthony slapped whats-his-face. Notice how Anthony runs away from Jeffries? Yeesh, thats more disgusting than Nate wrestling with J R smith in the stands. I don't blame the Knicks for being angry or committing that hard foul. Why is it that the NHL, MLB, NFL, Soccer can all have reasonable brawls yet the NBA can't? Are they image conscious because of the color of their players or something? Five years ago this wouldn't have been such sensational news. Let 'em play - and let 'em uphold the unspoken codes of bball - like they do in EVERY OTHER SPORT.

oscar madison

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:58:55 -0500

>It is getting impossible to root for the Knicks anymore. Did you just wake up? If I were mayor I would sign an executive order disbanding this team and forbidding them to identify themselves with NY. Jim Dolan should be shot on sight, Thomas should just be laughed out of town, and the thugs on this team should be waived. maybe my grandchildren will see a team that has a shot and isn't an embarrassment to this great city.

tien

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:38:40 -0500

on the plus side, this was the most exciting thing to happen at the garden involving the knicks in years.

Murray Hillster

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:19:01 -0500

"The Nuggets were trying to embarrass the Knicks on their home court, a hard foul was to be expected. Isaiah was right to order 'the hit'." If you're team sucks, and you're getting your ass handed to you, the answer is not to attack the other team. Too bad if you're embarrassed. That's what it feels like to suck. Deal with it. "This is just like a pitcher throwing some chin music ..." No it isn't. Chin music isn't used to get even with the other team when they're winning. It's generally about manipulating the batter in the box through intimidation (and to intimidate other players) or his placement so that he can't hit future pitches. A better analogy would be when the pitcher just hits the batter, the old "beanball." And in that case, everyone is rightfully upset about it.

edEx

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:18:32 -0500

Isiah needs to have some dignity and fire himself.

Tom

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:09:25 -0500

Post #3 is exactly correct. If you're running up the score with a minute left, you're going to get fouled hard. It was definitely flagrant, but it was no worse than any other hard foul. JR Smith is lucky it wasn't Charles Barkley or, god forbid, Charles Oakley throwing that foul or he'd have been unconcious after it instead of angry.

knicksfan

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:07:50 -0500

"The Nuggets were trying to embarrass the Knicks on their home court" The Nuggets could have accomplished that by staying in Denver. Isiah should be fired, and the rest of the team should just give up. Stu Jackson should commend Carmelo for connecting on a sweet punch. The knicks are a disgrace...

jojo

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:01:55 -0500

It's obvious Isiah Thomas is trying to commit Career Suicide and wants to go out with a bang. I mean he could coach then entire season and be booed for a year at the garden and disparaged daily by everyone. This gives him an out where it's like "I'm trying to protect the Knicks Pride" so he'll get some fans going "YO that guys got cred" when he gets retires next month.

GaryK

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:51:29 -0500

I think this is getting blown way out of proportion. The Nuggets were trying to embarrass the Knicks on their home court, a hard foul was to be expected. Isaiah was right to order 'the hit'. This is just like a pitcher throwing some chin music, but nobody gets so bent out of shape when it happens in Baseball and a bench clearing brawl follows.

Liza

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:38:02 -0500

This makes me even more excited about Brooklyn getting a basketball team!!!!

Brooklyn Nets Fan

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:36:09 -0500

everything Isiah touches dies a slow painful death and yet he gets rewarded even more for it. James Dolan is a goddamn idiot. The thing is the garden is still pretty full. These dumb rich suits will pay for anything so Dolan still makes money on inferior product. As a 12 year knick fan last year was my last and this year I've taken to rooting against the Knicks and it's awesome!!!!!!! They won't fail you to lose. Now it's time for the Brooklyn Nets