TOP 10 THINGS I WILL MISS ABOUT ISIAH THOMAS

by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool

According to the Associated Press, Wednesday will finally be the day that Rasputin Thomas gets the axe in favor of Donnie Walsh. He might stay on for a few incredibly awkward weeks as head coach, but The Thousand Year Knick Reich is clearly on its last legs.

What will you miss most? For me, it'll be...

10. The Baghdad Bob-esque press conferences in which Isiah talks about championships when his team can't even get anywhere close to .500

9. The utterly adorable way in which the New York press would fall for Isiah's latest ill-conceived summer blockbuster trade or signing

8. The knowledge that he made New York beat writers incredibly sad, mad and frustrated

7. The fact that the Knicks were an auto-win for my Sixers, and that they'd make Billy King's contracts look sane

6. The utterly half-assed protests from all of those super-committed New York fans

5. The high-minded puling columns from people who tell you that for the NBA to be popular, the Knicks have to be relevant

4. The sight of watching a team just quit, year after year after year, and with ever-increasing speed

3. The mind-boggling amounts of luxury tax being paid for one of the absolute worst teams in the league

2. The knowledge that, no matter how badly I might perform my job, Isiah's sterling example showed that failing upward can get you to one of the biggest jobs in the game

1. That, rain or shine, in good times and in bad, I could count on him to give me a cheap bloghole fill