The NBA schedule maker must have majored in cruel irony. The first opportunity to chant "Fire Isiah" will occur Nov. 4 when the Knicks stage their Garden opener against Larry Bird's Pacers - the last and only other club Isiah Thomas has guided as head coach.
Thomas spent three seasons coaching the Pacers, from 2000 to 2003, losing in the first round of the playoffs for three straight years. After logging a 131-115 clip, Bird took command and almost immediately gave Thomas his walking papers in the summer of 2003.
The Knicks open their season with a two-game southern trip, beginning in Memphis Nov. 1 and Nov. 3 in Atlanta.
http://www.knicksonline.com/teaser/5346/garden-opener-isiah-vs-pacers.htmlThomas spent three seasons coaching the Pacers, from 2000 to 2003, losing in the first round of the playoffs for three straight years. After logging a 131-115 clip, Bird took command and almost immediately gave Thomas his walking papers in the summer of 2003.
The Knicks open their season with a two-game southern trip, beginning in Memphis Nov. 1 and Nov. 3 in Atlanta.