The more and more these incidents happen, the more I wonder when the NBA's worthless commissioner Adam Silver will intervene. Would someone dying or getting injured cause him to intervene with the Knicks? This time, it wasn't a nobody that has issues with owner James Dolan. It was filmmaker Spike Lee, arguably one of the most famous fans of the team.
Trying to make sense of it, it feels like a mess. I guess from the story, Lee had gone through an area he has gone through to go to the court at Madison Square Garden. He got his ticket scanned, goes to an elevator, then someone tells him to get off. It becomes an issue with security, telling to go another way to the arena. Later on, there was a talk with Lee and Dolan. It's all jumbled, but you're mainly going to hear Lee talk since Dolan is very private about what he does. And supposedly, everything seemed good with the Knicks PR, but Lee doesn't think so.
I will not say all of this is on Dolan, because Lee can be a bit of a nut. It could be a ploy for attention, but who knows. Bad attention is still good to some, right? But with the owner's past of being a complete baby and an asshole towards fans, it's not a huge surprise. The "sell the team" fiasco happened back in January. Last year, he banned a fan. He has targeted fans and called them alcoholics. There is no professionalism from this silver spoon of a moron. If it was a recently struggling team, okay, but this team has suffered for 20 years.
What will it take for the NBA to get involved? They were quick to get involved with Donald Sterling and rightfully so. But they don't want to ruin ratings for New York. Forget the bottom line you want, Silver. You keep allowing Dolan to act really bad and the writing is on the wall of fans getting restless and tired of the product they see on the court and TV. Add in a disastrous public relations group and the last five years of belittling fans, there has to be motivation to intervene.
Stop being a turd, Silver. Overthrow Dolan and get someone that actually wants to own the Knicks and make them a winning team again. Because these incidents get louder and louder and you can't hide in your office, waiting for it to wither away. If you don't, there will be more and more of these kind of incidents and it will leave a stain on your legacy.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Sell it! 2020 Knick Dysfunction
You don't need to know basketball to know how bad the New York Knicks have been for 20 years. And Wednesday was the indicator to how tortured fans were. Elfrid Payton commits a hard foul on Memphis Grizzlie Jae Crowder as Crowder shoots an attempted three pointer with the Grizzles up by 18 with 50 seconds left in the game. It draws a scuffle and the fans chime in with chants of "sell the team" as it happens.
The epitome of embarrassment. And this was in front of owner James Dolan. He went after a teenager who was chanting. There was an apology on both sides, but that doesn't matter. Dolan's attitude is a disgrace. The fact that he avoids the media and tries to avoid angry fans, it doesn't magically disappear when you get to your big mansion. A number of NBA legends think removing him as owner would make the Knicks better. It's New York City. People want winners. About almost every team has had some form of success since 1999. Not this group.
It's why I think Adam Silver, the commissioner, has no spine. He puts no effort to punish Dolan because he's afraid of ratings plummeting in New York. The late David Stern would have done something to at least make them competent. How much more low does it need to be before intervening? The Oakley incident a few years ago, the fines over the last year. Silver needs to step in NOW! Otherwise, we'll keep watching the NBA's version of the Cleveland Browns.
Somebody fix them.
The epitome of embarrassment. And this was in front of owner James Dolan. He went after a teenager who was chanting. There was an apology on both sides, but that doesn't matter. Dolan's attitude is a disgrace. The fact that he avoids the media and tries to avoid angry fans, it doesn't magically disappear when you get to your big mansion. A number of NBA legends think removing him as owner would make the Knicks better. It's New York City. People want winners. About almost every team has had some form of success since 1999. Not this group.
It's why I think Adam Silver, the commissioner, has no spine. He puts no effort to punish Dolan because he's afraid of ratings plummeting in New York. The late David Stern would have done something to at least make them competent. How much more low does it need to be before intervening? The Oakley incident a few years ago, the fines over the last year. Silver needs to step in NOW! Otherwise, we'll keep watching the NBA's version of the Cleveland Browns.
Somebody fix them.
Monday, July 1, 2019
Brooklyn Better Than Manhattan
If the trades from this weekend were a sign for New York City, it means one thing. The Brooklyn Nets are a team that has a lot more going than the lowly New York Knicks. And this comes after a time in march where Knicks owner James Dolan was looking to make a splash in free agency.
The Nets are going to have Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and DeAndre Jordan. That alone could make them advance in the playoffs in theory. For the Knicks, they got some scraps. Taj Gibson, Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, and Reggie Bullock. Not horrible, but anywhere what I think fans and the organization envisioned. What I see is a problem with the culture of the Knicks and what the Nets avoid.
For one thing, the Nets don't have huge issues with the press. It's a series of hoops to go through and red tape just to talk to Knicks players and staff. Public relations is a nightmare at Madison Square Garden. You can thank jackass Jonathan Supranowitz for not wanting to hear any negativity and having the public relations crew not want to hear criticism. Dolan hates criticism. That's what happens when you own a team that has been horrible for roughly 20 years and the owner does nothing about it.
There's a lot more that I can say, but the Nets are nowhere to the level of dysfunction compared to the Knicks. The players they got are capable of a good five to seven year run if they can all stay healthy and play on a high level. The borough of Brooklyn may just be superior to Manhattan with its basketball. But it's a wait and see situation.
The Nets are going to have Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and DeAndre Jordan. That alone could make them advance in the playoffs in theory. For the Knicks, they got some scraps. Taj Gibson, Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, and Reggie Bullock. Not horrible, but anywhere what I think fans and the organization envisioned. What I see is a problem with the culture of the Knicks and what the Nets avoid.
For one thing, the Nets don't have huge issues with the press. It's a series of hoops to go through and red tape just to talk to Knicks players and staff. Public relations is a nightmare at Madison Square Garden. You can thank jackass Jonathan Supranowitz for not wanting to hear any negativity and having the public relations crew not want to hear criticism. Dolan hates criticism. That's what happens when you own a team that has been horrible for roughly 20 years and the owner does nothing about it.
There's a lot more that I can say, but the Nets are nowhere to the level of dysfunction compared to the Knicks. The players they got are capable of a good five to seven year run if they can all stay healthy and play on a high level. The borough of Brooklyn may just be superior to Manhattan with its basketball. But it's a wait and see situation.
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