

Isiah Thomas , who had an undistinguished run as an NBA in-game analyst with NBC — and as a Knicks’ exec was successfully sued for sexual harassment — is a candidate for a studio position with ESPN.

Kelly Tripucka, a Pistons’ teammate of Thomas’s and a reasonable, credible MSG/Knicks’ studio man and backup in-game analyst the last four seasons, apparently won’t be re-hired. Figures.

* NFL Network didn’t duck or spin the game officials issue on behalf of the league.

This week, before the settlement was reached, NFLN even showed immediate postgame locker room footage of Packers watching and reacting (with howls) to replays of the game-ender in Seattle.

* On Tuesday, a caller to Mike Francesa said he wanted to speak to that call in the Green Bay-Seattle game. Francesa told him to go ahead.

Well, the man hadn’t completed two sentences before Francesa rudely interrupted him to give his own take while reaching up to cut the guy off the phone line. Then he took the next call.

So why did Francesa bother to take the call in the first place? Or does that explain why his callers seem to trend goofier? Is it that he has conditioned smarter folks not to waste their time?

* I messed up the date of that Bobby Thomson home run ball documentary. “Miracle Ball” debuts tomorrow at 8 p.m. on Velocity (available in New York on DirecTV, Fios, Dish, Time Warner, Cablevision and RCN).

* It’s in the mail: Reader George Tahinos wants to know when Cablevision/Jimmy Dolan will begin rebating or crediting subscribers for the removal of WPIX-Channel 11.