Now THAT'S pathetic!

As time expired last night, Nate Robinson hit a last second 3 pointer from half court that should have been utterly meaningless in yet another Knicks blowout loss, but held significance for one very important reason. Thanks to the Celtics magnanimous decision to just dribble out the shot clock and take a violation in the closing seconds of a 48 point blowout, Robinson was able to hit the 3 and draw the Knicks within 45. Those 3 points gave the Knicks a total of 59, or one point more than the all time franchise low. Since taking over the franchise a few seasons ago, Isiah Thomas has managed to assemble a cast of talent so embarrassingly bad, the team's supposed superstar threatened to go public with personal allegations against the coach if he was not given more playing time.

Players were obviously bored and disinterested on the bench, yawning on camera during a nationally broadcast embarrassment. The broadcast team openly speculated whether or not the 104-59 drubbing would be the final straw in Thomas' ignominious career. The announcers concluded that since the Knicks had to turn around and play again the next night, Thomas would be given one more chance. As a once and hopefully future Knicks fan, I can only hope that Thomas will finally be fired for his chronic ineptitude.

Isiah Thomas has always been a keen talent evaluator. With the Knicks, his shrewd picks of Channing Frye, Trevor Ariza, David Lee, Nate Robinson, Mardy Collins, and Ronaldo Blackman would be a solid foundation of role players, character guys, and energy off the bench. Of course, Thomas traded Ariza for the epic failure that used to be Steve Francis' career, and Channing Frye for Zach Randolph, who is just as likely to get you a dog-fighting scandal as he is a 20 point, 10 rebound season. Charles Barkley tried defending Thomas by saying it is not his fault that his players have quit on him. I am sorry, but when you surround yourself with the likes of Stephon Marbury, a loser at every stop on his NBA career, Randolph, Jerome James who gets $60 million to occasionally play garbage time minutes, etc., you are going to have your team quit on you. Thomas has been nothing short of a disgrace to this once proud franchise and needs to be fired immediately, with a heartfelt apology sent to every remaining season ticket holder for the atrocity they have been presented.