Let me get this straight: Three years ago Isiah Thomas hired a Hall of Fame coach, Larry Brown, who had turned around teams everywhere he has coached, including winning NBA and NCAA championships (“Backfire Isiah,” Dec. 27).

Brown says that the star players aren’t stars and that he needs new players or for these players to play his style of basketball.

Thomas fires Brown, stating the players are fine.

Two years later, the team still stinks, and Thomas’ stars are away from the team and playing four minutes a night.

I guess Brown was right after all. I bet he would have turned them into winners, instead of whiners or runaways.

Marc Levine, Manhattan