Back in 2007, a jury awarded $11.6 million in damages to a woman who claimed she was fired by Madison Square Garden, owner of the NBA’s New York Knicks, after she complained about being sexually harassed by Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas.
Fast forward to today where it was just announced that Madison Square Garden, owner of the WNBA’s New York Liberty, has just hired the very same Isiah Thomas as the team’s new president and part owner:
How do you put Isiah Thomas in charge of a women's basketball team? http://t.co/Jai7M5dVe5
— Brendan Lynch (@bmolynch) May 5, 2015
Isiah Thomas cost James Dolan 11.6 mil in a sexual harassment lawsuit and got rehired to run his WNBA team. Dolan the worst.
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) May 5, 2015
Isiah Thomas cost MSG $11.6 million after a sexual harassment lawsuit, so… they bring him in to manage their women’s basketball team?
— devin kharpertian (@uuords) May 5, 2015
An Isiah Thomas/WNBA partnership would be absolutely horrible news for the WNBA but par for the course for James Dolan.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) May 5, 2015
Isiah Thomas is now in charge of the Liberty, because I guess Jim Dolan wasn't content with letting him ruin one New York basketball team.
— Colin Frattura (@FrancoRuttali) May 5, 2015
What the heck were they thinking?
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Isiah Thomas running the New York Liberty?! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. This cannot be true.
— Maggie Gray (@MaggieGray) May 5, 2015
Isiah Thomas, he of the '07 sexual harassment lawsuit that cost the Knicks $11mil, named president/part owner of the WNBA's NY Liberty. Huh.
— Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) May 5, 2015
You have to hand it to James Dolan. Hiring Isiah Thomas to run the New York Liberty is the highest of high-level trolling.
— Brad Vietrogoski (@BradVietro) May 5, 2015
Isiah Thomas
-sexual harassment
-MSG
-President of the WNBA team
-that plays in MSGJames Dolan is the best friend you could have
— Cero Miedo JR?? (@HarlemGetsMoney) May 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/BobSaietta/status/595624930433196033
We trust this isn’t the last we’ll be hearing about this.
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