One Year Since Isiah Showed "Evident Progress"

It's a historic day, everyone, one whose importance almost slipped by us. Today, it has been one year since James Dolan saw "evident progress" from the New York Knicks and extended Isiah Thomas' contract. Boy, did that ever work out well.

What Would Oakley Do? has a grand roundup of what has gone wrong since that day, but allow us to step in the Deadspin Wayback Machine to do our own recap. Remember: Anucha Browne Sanders had already filed her lawsuit, one year ago. Dolan should have known. But if he had known, jeez, we would have missed out on so much fun.

• April 18: The Knicks finish the season 33-49, losing 15 of their last 19, and miss the playoffs.

• September 10: The Isiah-Sanders trial kicks off.

• September 11: Sanders testifies that Isiah, when discussing corporate sponsors, said, "Bitch, I don't give a shit about these white people!"

• September 12: Stephon Marbury admits to having sex with a Knicks intern in his truck. The intern was rewarded with a promotion.

• October 2: A jury rules against Isiah and the Knicks.

• October 19: Isiah forgets he traded away Dan Dickau.

• November 13: After a fight with Isiah over playing time, Marbury bolts on the team during a road trip.

• November 14: Marbury implies he has dirt on Isiah that he will use if he's not let back on the team. He is let back on the team.

• November 28: Reporters covering the team call the assignment "hell."

• November 29: The Celtics beat the Knicks 104-59.

• December 11: Isiah blames the fans for his team's struggles.

• December 19: Madison Square Garden ejects a fan for holding up a "Fire Isiah" sign.

• February 21: The chant "Fire Isiah" breaks out in .

There's much more of course ... but we only have so much bandwidth. Happy anniversary, everybody!

Mission Accomplished Redux [What Would Oakley Do?]