Sure, Mullin loves it here.  He was given a year as a special assistant and vaulted into the GM position.  He proved to be a disaster at the onset, but damn, that all changed with the BDiddy trade and the hiring of Nellie.  Mullie's street smarts allowed him to take a gamble on Baron.  What we fans and the organization got was more than we could have imagined.  The Nellie Era Redux turned out to be the critical move that ended the curse.  While Muss pissed his career away on a Sac streetside sobriety test, Mullin again proved his mettle by making the correct bold moves for the organization.  However, we're talking about the NY Knicks.  It is the very definition of the big stage.  Billy Beane stayed in Oakland and got a small equity stake, but you know he would have liked to have earned two rings and be the toast of Beantown.  Basketball in New York is vastly different than here in Cali.  Yes, you have to put up with demanding fans, but they will shower you with glory when deserved as well.  Chris would be a household name, a savior for a deeply troubled franchise.  Would a Hall of Fame player not enjoy the challenge of bringing glory to the NBA's favorite franchise?

...comparison isn't wuite there, in my opinion. Mullin's been involved with our organization on and off for the last twenty years, as a player an executive, and while New York is a bigger media market than the Bay, it isn't as if we're sturggling to get recognition (certainly not the way the Oakland A's might).

Why would Mullin leave a franchise he's rebuilt to go to a trainwreck that he didn't start? That would be some kind of foolishness.