Great thread, Kiyaman. I gave it 5 stars, and you got a rep point.
James Dolan should've never hired Donnie Walsh. Donnie Walsh was a great President for the Pacers, but let's look at the facts:
The Pacers currently have Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy on their team(two players that don't play defense and that have huge contracts).
The Pacers have missed the playoffs in each of their last two seasons, and they have not made it passed the first round of the playoffs, since 2005.
The Knicks are the worst defensive team in the NBA.
The Pacers are a fast pace, up and down the floor team.
The Knicks have Jerome James, Quentin Richardson, Eddy Curry, and Zach Randolph(4 players that can't run up and down the floor and knock down shots).
Then he lets Walsh hire D'Antoni. James Dolan should have told Walsh to hire Patrick Ewing(the person who most deserved the job and who's defensive minded).
And to make matters worse, D'Antoni is given 30 million dollars for 5 years.
This means that is D'Antoni is fired, he gets to keep the remainder of his contract for free.
Also, D'Antoni says that he wants to draft Danilo Gallinari(a small forward) even though the Knicks already have Wilson Chandler and Renaldo Balkman, and they need a center and point guard the most.