James Dolan, Isiah Thomas and Steve Mills had a meeting with six Knicks beat writers and The Associated Press on Monday afternoon.

"It's my contention Larry never intended to coach this team beyond this season," Dolan said Monday. Holding one hand about 18 inches above a conference table, Dolan added, "If there's any doubt about that, there's a stack of evidence that high."

Isiah Thomas has one year to turn around the Knicks, something Larry Brown couldn't do. And if Thomas doesn't, he'll be gone, too.

"This is his team; he made this bed," Dolan said of Thomas. "There's no one better than him to make this go forward. If I can say there has been significant progress after one year, he'll be here. If we can't say that, he will not be here."