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With the pre-season getting underway in just over a week, most Knicks fans would love to hear something about basketball.  The Knicks are trying to build upon some marginal improvement last season, and fans are expecting a decent turnaround.  Some questions that Knicks fans should be asking is how does Eddy look?  Will Randolph fit in?  Who will be starting at the 2 and 3?  Is Stephon Marbury sane?

However, browsing the local tabloids (Post, Daily News) will yield only gossip surrounding Isiah Thomas’s sexual harassment suit.  I think it’s safe to say that most fans are slightly embarassed by the comments coming out in court, but how much is enough?  No one is surprised that Stephon Marbury sleeps with interns, (maybe even his wife?), and that Isiah occasionally refers to women in the same manner as 50 Cent and most recently, Don Imus, but this is basketball season! 

The Knicks are currently stocked with developing young talent, (albeit blanketed by older, overpaid talent), and all fans just want to see what this team can do.  Isiah seems to have this case under control but how about his team?  Knicks fans can’t even get a snippet of news about anything other than Ms. Sanders, and all they can ask is that this doesn’t become a distraction for the team, or even worse; an excuse.

Needless to say, Isiah has a lot of work to do this season and one can only hope that he hasn’t forgotten that.  Isiah is in year four of his grand scheme, and it’s time for results.  New York is a tough town, and they expect the best.  Put up or shut up Isiah, unless you’re on the stand…then you may just want to keep talking.

-JR