Are you looking forward to the Knicks in a post-Isiah Thomas era?
WA: Well, I was looking forward to the Isiah Thomas era. [Laughs.] I don’t think anything’s going to happen. I think they’re definitely going to be better. There’s no question at this point, because there’s been so much pressure on them to be better. I think Isiah came in and tried to make them better, but he was faced with a very, very difficult situation. It’s not easy to just come in and take a team and simply make it better, and then the fans get impatient. You know it’ll be wild enthusiasm at first, and then as soon as the results don’t happen, the fans start to get impatient, and they want to tar and feather you. So he definitely tried. He came in and bought the players that logically would be exciting. As much as the fans got on [point guard Stephon] Marbury, they were thrilled to the nines when he joined the team. Everyone was excited, and I thought Isiah tried, but it was too tough to do, and I think [new coach] Mike D’Antoni is going to try, and I think with time and some sen
