Former coach and general manager Isiah Thomas did more than cost the Knicks on-the-court with his penchant for doling out multi-million contracts to under-performers.
Rupp put together a remarkable effort earlier this month at the Prefontaine Classic, where he ran the 5, 000 meters in 12:58.9 to finish third behind Great Britain's Mo Farah and Kenya's Isiah Kiplangat Koech.
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and Isiah Thomas were each reviled by at least a few teammates for their brutal verbal takedowns of lesser players --and almost everyone in their respective locker rooms were lesser players.