Scott Layden was fired Monday as president of the New York Knicks and Isiah Thomas was hired to replace him, a source told The Associated Press.
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The move comes after New York missed the playoffs the past two seasons with a roster largely assembled by Layden. The Knicks are 10-18 this season, and recent speculation centered on coach Don Chaney possibly losing his job.
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Instead, the odd man out is Layden, who replaced Ernie Grunfeld in the summer of 1999 after the Knicks were coming off an appearance in the NBA Finals.
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The team scheduled an 3:30 p.m. ET news conference but would not specify what was being announced. An Eastern Conference official who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed Layden was out and Thomas in.
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Thomas has been out of the NBA since being fired over the summer by the Indiana Pacers, where he was the coach for three seasons.
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"I want to stay in coaching," Thomas told the AP last month. "I enjoy it. I had a great deal of success helping shape and mold young people, making the playoffs with the youngest team to do it in 25 years. I got bit by the bug.
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"I'll wait for my next opportunity," he said. "I wouldn't rule out college but I prefer the pro game."
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Thomas' first task with the Knicks will be eval‎uating a roster with the league's highest payroll and ascertaining whether any of those massive contracts can be moved in a trade.
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Layden's last major move was the four-team deal that sent Latrell Sprewell to Minnesota and brought Keith Van Horn to New York.
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The deal has looked tilted in the Timberwolves' favor over the first two months of the season as Sprewell has averaged 17.2 points for Minnesota while Van Horn has struggled, averaging 14.8 points and getting benched for the fourth quarter of several recent games.
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Prior to the Van Horn trade, Layden's biggest move came on draft night in 2002 when he sent Marcus Camby, Mark Jackson and the Knicks' lottery pick to Denver for Antonio McDyess.
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McDyess fractured his kneecap in an exhibition game and missed the entire 2002-03 season, finally returning 11 games ago.
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With the Knicks losing regularly while failing to draw the sellout crowds that were a staple during the 1990s, Layden became a lightning rod for criticism.
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The anti-Layden feeling was so strong in New York that when LeBron James was selected with the overall No. 1 pick in the draft last June, commissioner David Stern's announcement of the selection was drowned out by a loud chant of "Fire Layden."
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James Dolan, chairman of the team's corporate owner, Cablevision, notified Layden of the move late Monday morning, the AP's source said.
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Layden did not answer a call placed to his cell phone.
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출처:www.realgm.com
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뉴욕닉스가 레이든을 짜르고...인디애나감독이였던 아이재아토마스를 영입했네요
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레이든이 밴혼과 스프리웰이 포함된 삼각트레이드를 하고나서 많은 비난이 쏟아졌죠..
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원문에 안티라는 말까지 나오네요.
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키스 밴혼 데려온 건 비난할 일은 아닌데... 언더사이즈 파워포워드의 약점을 채워줄 선택... 암튼 데뷔와 동시에 리그 탑 포인트가드 대열에 오른(물론 지금은 아니지만-_-;) 데이먼 스타더마이어와 티맥을 지명한 토마스라면 이제 닉스의 삽질을 구경하는 재미가 덜하겠네요.
첫댓글 어짜피 가장 먼저 바뀌어야 할 대상이긴 했지만...... 감독이 바뀐게 아니라 GM이 바뀐거잖아요.
어제 이걸 듣고 쌍수들고 환영했다는.. 돈체이니만 바뀌면 되는데..
아이쿠..제가 잘못알았네요!!!
이제 닉스에도 한줄기 서광이 비치는 걸까요^^ 너무 기쁜 소식이네요~ 닉스팬 여러분, 빠른시일안에 돈 체이니도 짤리기를 기도합시다~~
키스 밴혼 데려온 건 비난할 일은 아닌데... 언더사이즈 파워포워드의 약점을 채워줄 선택... 암튼 데뷔와 동시에 리그 탑 포인트가드 대열에 오른(물론 지금은 아니지만-_-;) 데이먼 스타더마이어와 티맥을 지명한 토마스라면 이제 닉스의 삽질을 구경하는 재미가 덜하겠네요.
아....너무 감격스러워서 닭살이 다 돋네요...ㅡ.ㅜ 아이지어 토마스 정도면 정말 굿이죠. 닉스 당장 올해는 힘들더라도 몇 년 안에 부활하리라 확신합니다. 체이니도 빨리 정리하고...(이제 두 발 뻗고 잘 수 있겠네요..ㅎㅎ)
이런 경사가,,ㅠ_ㅠ
닉스팬,여러분, 드디어 비상할 시간이 왔습니다., 만세~~!!!
만세 만세 만세 만세 만세 만세 만세 만세 Scott Layden was fired.. YOU FIRED!!!!
근데 감독으로 있을때이외에 경영자로 있을 때의 토마스는 영....말아먹기만 해서 불안함 그래도 레이든보단 낫겠죠?^^:;
커트 토마스를 어떻게 다룰것인지 궁금하네요..트레이드 할것인지..
찌라시에서 모라고 했게요?....... 이시아 토마스.@@
스프리웰을 다시 데리고 왔음하네요.스프리웰도 뉴욕에서 다시 뛰고싶어합니다. 밴혼을 방출시키고 스프리웰을 어서 빨리 데리고와야 합니다.!!!
만세~경사났네...즌구군님말에 동감...돌아와 스프리...ㅠㅠ...........