C'mon, Give Isiah Thomas Another Shot

Isiah Thomas needs to be a NBA general manager once again.

And yes, you heard me right.

After running the New York Knicks into the ground, Thomas is probably considered to be the worst executive in NBA history, but I think he needs a chance to redeem himself. 

Recently, Thomas' name has been linked to the Los Angeles Clippers and hopefully he receives a position in the team's front office.

The Clips' have been the laughingstock of the league for years and Isiah would get his redemption if he were to transform the team into a perennial title contender. 

An extremely poor draft history is the main reason the Clippers have only reached the postseason twice in the last 15 years.

Isiah would be a perfect fit since his best strength is finding talent in the draft. He has drafted Tracy McGrady, Marcus Camby, David Lee, and Wilson Chandler.  

Thomas may be a drafting genius, but when it comes to trades and free agent signings, he's made several disastrous decisions. But I'll admit, I thought some of those decisions made sense.

At the time, I liked his trade of expiring contracts to Phoenix for Stephon Marbury. I thought that was just what the Knicks needed-a franchise point guard to build around.

But unfortunately, the deal blew up in Thomas' face as Marbury brought the team down and Phoenix used the cap space to sign prized free agent Steve Nash.

After Isiah hired Larry Brown to be head coach, I thought things would turn around in New York. Surely a legend like Brown would whip those non defense playing Knicks into a competitive basketball team, but that didn't happen.    

I also liked when Thomas bought in Zach Randolph to team with Eddy Curry on the front line.  I figured that combo would definitely put the Knicks in to the playoffs, but of course, that backfired as well.  

And by trading for players like Marbury, Curry, Randolph, and Steve Francis, Thomas hoped the Knicks would win immediately and not have to spend years in rebuilding mode.

If he had cleared up cap space instead of continuing to acquire bloated contracts, maybe he would still be the Knicks GM today, who knows.

But I'm sure Isiah has learned from his past mistakes and if he's ever lucky enough to obtain a new GM position somewhere, I'm sure he'll do a better job.