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Not sure what to make of this news, but really, does it matter?

Larry Brown is not what's wrong with the Knicks — or, at least, he's not the only thing or even the most significant reason the team was a putrid 23-59.

The Knicks are bad because:

1. Isaiah Thomas has no plan and no patience. He understands young talent, but is too quick to pull the trigger on ill-advised trades and to change direction and to collect big names without a sense of how the parts might fit. So, the names change over and over and the team ends up with two coach-killer, no-defense, selfish point guards, a center with a world of talent and a bad rep and no work ethic, a mishmash of overpaid spare parts and a Hall-of-Fame coach who has no use for the players he must coach. Ugh.

2. James Dolan refuses to hold Isaiah Thomas accountable.(Thomas failed to lottery protect his first-round pick, which should be grounds for automatic dismissal.)

3. The players are not very good. Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis are the same player, selfish, no-defense types who like to shoot. Jalen Rose is over the hill and was vastly overrated when he wasn't. Quentin Richardson, a nice role player on a good team, has no role here. Malik Rose is an over-the-hill role player without a role. Maurice Taylor is a contract waiting for expiration. Eddy Curry could be a star or a stiff; it's up to him and how hard he is willing to work. I would take the three rookies, Jamaal Crawford and Curry, jettison the rest and see what happens.

4. Scott Layden's legacy of bad decisions created a salary-cap hole so deep that even the best of GMs might not be able to extricate the Knicks, but Thomas has proven to be the worst of decision-makers.

At what point do the suits at Madison Square Garden realize that this is costing the organization real dollars and put a stop to it?

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