Isaiah could have been with Phoenix?

[fordronken]

I can't get the actual article from the Orlando Sentinel, but here is an excerpt, courtesy of realgm.com.

Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: It appears that other teams had interest in Isiah Thomas as a head coach before the Knicks snatched him up to be their team president.

"Thomas, president of basketball operations for the Knicks, told New York reporters that he "talked with Orlando and Phoenix only to find out they were going in another direction. But as things turned out, to my great surprise, I ended up with a far better job."

In what capacity would he have been hired? It doesn't seem like coach or general manager were up for grabs(and if they were, thank God he didn't take them).

 

[F-Dog]

Sounds to me like Isiah called the Suns about their coaching job after the FJ firing, and was given the old "thanks but no thanks" treatment.

As it turned out, he didn't have to wait long for an opportunity for 'revenge'...

 

[Joe Mama]

Originally posted by F-Dog
Sounds to me like Isiah called the Suns about their coaching job after the FJ firing, and was given the old "thanks but no thanks" treatment.

As it turned out, he didn't have to wait long for an opportunity for 'revenge'...

That sounds about right because I remember reading a few weeks ago that Thomas was disappointed he was not contacted by the Phoenix Suns are the Orlando Magic about their head-coaching vacancies.

Joe Mama