"Sell the Team": Is it time for New York Knicks owner James Dolan to hang it up?
Column - March 13, 2019
The Knicks have been one of the NBA’s biggest laughing stocks in recent years, and we saw another reason why this past weekend.
Amid the excitement over this summer’s possible free agent signings, the team and their fan base now must worry about the off-court drama scaring away potential stars. Following Saturday’s loss to the Sacramento Kings, a TMZ Sports video was released showing Knicks owner James Dolan threatening to ban a fan from MSG after a fan yelled “sell the team”.
Dolan told the fan that what he said wasn’t an opinion, and asked him to “enjoy watching them [the Knicks] on TV”.
This past Saturday’s altercation adds to a long list of events that have shown Dolan’s failures as the Knicks owner over the past 20 years, and how they have turned the franchise’s fan base against him. Through his tenure with the organization, Dolan has gotten into several altercations for petty reasons with fans and ex-players like Knicks legend Charles Oakley.