Why the Knicks are the Knicks

This is the guy they got rid of. To make room for the guy they didn't get. Good move slick.

It's for more reasons than this though, seriously. An organization that would even for a minute contemplate bringing back Isiah Thomas as GM--if a spot opened up--is not serious about being anything but a laughing stock of an organization.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=5394864

David Lee continues to represent the New York Knicks well, even though he is no longer a member of the team.

Lee flew from his hometown of St. Louis to New York last week to attend the funeral of Scott Jaffer, who served as an NBA security official at Madison Square Garden for many years, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

According to the Times, Lee knew that much of the Knicks' basketball staff would be unable to attend because they were in Las Vegas participating in the NBA Summer League.

Lee wanted to make sure the Knicks were represented at the funeral -- this despite the fact that Lee was shipped to the Golden State Warriors in a sign-and-trade agreement a couple of days before.

"I thought it was wonderful that he came," Marni Jaffer, Scott's wife, told the Times. "And it also struck me how he stayed in the back, paying his respects quietly, not wanting to have people say, 'Oh, it's David Lee,' and intrude on my husband's moment."

The revelation about Lee comes on the heels of the controversy surrounding the New York Yankees, after no player attended the funeral of longtime Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard on July 15.

A stand-up leader who holds himself accountable, even when it's not convenient. From St. Louis, Missouri so he must have some of those old-fashioned Midwestern values in him.

According to his bio on NBA.com while Lee is naturally left-handed, he became essentially ambidextrous when he broke his arm and learned to play right-handed as a sophomore in high school. Lists Jesus Christ, Michael Jordan and Dr. Martin Luther King as historical figures he’d most like to dine with as well. Lee has been one of the Knick's most popular and community-minded athletes throughout his tenure their and it sounds as if he will be sorely missed.

Well, two out three ain't bad. Good job by David Lee.

Let's review, in case you're scoring at home, the Knicks would like to have Isiah Thomas back and seem to believe they cannot win with a guy like David Lee. I must be the crazy one.