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Pullmyfinger · **Joined:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:33 am **Posts:** 4973

I forgot to post this yesterday. Are the Clippers serious? Have they not seen his track record?

From FoxSports.com

NBA Hall of Famer and current men’s basketball coach at Florida International University Isiah Thomas has emerged as one of the candidates to run the Los Angeles Clippers.

According to a source close to the situation, the Clippers have reached out to Thomas -- who coached the Indiana Pacers and also the New York Knicks -- to take over coaching, general manager and president duties.

He would replace Mike Dunleavy, who was relieved of his coaching duties earlier this week but remains the general manager.

Thomas, 49, was hired this past April as the head coach at Florida International down in Miami.

He took over a downtrodden program that has endured nine consecutive losing seasons. FIU is 7-18 this season, but Thomas and his staff will add a talented recruiting class next fall that includes a Top 50 player.

Thomas was previously the owner of the CBA, head coach of the Pacers and also held the coach, GM and president positions with the New York Knicks.

A 12-time NBA All-Star in his 13-year NBA career with the Detroit Pistons, Thomas joined the Knicks as the president of basketball operations before taking over the head coaching job in 2006. He was 56-108 in two seasons before being fired in 2008.

The Los Angeles Clippers are 21-28 and in 12th place in the Western Conference. Top pick Blake Griffin has yet to play a game this season after suffering a season-ending knee injury.

markov94 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:56 pm

The Clippers the only team on the planet WORSE than the :angry-banghead:

ions.

Boba Fett · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:19 pm

I want Thomas back in the NBA. He made some great deals while in New York.

Larkin · **Joined:** Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:55 am **Posts:** 4826

I remember when they were the San Diego Clippers. They weren't great then, and I never understood why they moved to LA. Maybe they thought a bigger city would hold better fortune, but LA is the home of the Lakers, and it was back then too, and they came to town in the middle of the Magic-Kareem years. :doh:

They have to be thinking about a new city of something, because it isn't happening in LA. They already have a team, and a damned good one at that.

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