Why Isn't Patrick Ewing working for the Knicks?

In an interesting article written in today's NY Daily News, Frank Isola asks the question: why isn't Patrick Ewing working for the Knicks when he is adored by most Knicks fans? Isola makes a point when her says that it's ridiculous that NY brass hasn't even as much as reached out to Patrick to at least offer an interview, after introducing him every time he comes back to the garden as "one of the greatest Knicks ever to play inside Madison Square Garden."

The only answer that I can think of is plain and simple - James Dolan, Jr. doesn't like Patrick Ewing. What else could it possibly be? They have offered interviews to the likes of Starks and Houston, so why not Ewing? Ewing was 2 times the player that either Houston or Starks was, and he was with the team for much longer than either of those guys. So why the cold shoulder? It just doesn't make sense! Oh wait, lets recall that Dolan is the same guy who hired Isiah Thomas and allowed him to spend all the available cash on horrible players that were too out of shape or crazy to play. Dolan is responsible for sinking a once championship caliber ship, and for making it the laughing stock of the league. As long as Dolan is in charge, I think the better question is - should we be surprised?

Knicks Rookie Danillo Gallinari Will Have Surgury

The New York Knicks 2008 draft pick (# 6 overall) out of Italy will be having surgury to repair his ailing back over the summer. His rookie season with New York is officially over. Gallinari hurt his back in D-League traing after he was drafted when Kieth "Tractor" Traylor elbowed him in the back while Gallinari was attempting to post up on him. So much for developing a promising young stud to lure Lebron to NY in 2010.

This is very discouraging, because I was actually starting to root for him. I even shelled out an extra $200.00 to Comcast to get the NBA package so I could watch him play.

As far as I'm concerned, Donnie Walsh did a great job at purging that disaster of a team that Isiah Thomas put together. He did it slowly, but surely, and was a major player in shuffling the deck of available NBA players. The only guys I like to watch and I think would be great to keep, are N8, Lee, Gallo, and Chandler. Everyone else in my eyes are expendable. Lee is a keeper, as I think he could be a solid role player behind an elite player such as Lebron or Wade. In the end, as nice as it would be to land Lebron, but I have a feeling it could be Wade in Orange and Blue, instead of Lebron.