Jim Dolan appears primed to bring someone else in to run the Knicks in the front office, but he is adamant about keeping Isiah Thomas on the bench, according to ESPN.com.

"There isn't a basketball executive alive who would keep Isiah as head coach, but Jim is telling whoever he interviews, 'I would prefer to keep Isiah but you do what you have to do,'" a source close to Dolan told the Daily News. "If Isiah isn't the coach, Jim still wants him to stay in the organization in some capacity."

Donnie Walsh, who announced that he will leave the Pacers at the end of the season, is expected to sign a deal with the Knicks upon his departure.