Tag: James Dolan

Even before a startling news conference …

Even before a startling news conference in the wake of a blowout loss to Cleveland, New York Knicks president Steve Mills had started to lay the internal groundwork for the eventual dismissal of coach David Fizdale, league sources told ESPN. Mills is selling owner James Dolan on a roster constructed to be highly competitive in the Eastern Conference, leaving Fizdale vulnerable to an ouster only weeks into the second season of a four-year contract that league sources say is worth $22 million.

Rival coaches and executives see a …

Rival coaches and executives see a mismatched Knicks roster slow of foot, without legitimate NBA guard play but Mills is selling Dolan on a poorly coached team that is underachieving at 2-8 to start the season, league sources said. Around Madison Square Garden and the league, the timing and tone of the news conference was met with considerable surprise and dismay — and considered completely undermining of Fizdale. “Everyone is moving to their positions now,” a league source close to management and the coaching staff told ESPN. “This is how they’ll make (Fizdale) the fall guy.”

Security confronted a fan who chanted ‘Fire Dolan’ at the Knicks-Cavs game

The embarrassment continues.

It’s another season, and not much has changed with the New York Knicks. They missed out on Zion Williamson, struck out in free agency and still have the league’s most overbearing, hypersensitive owner in Jim Dolan.

That was on full display during Sunday’s 108-87 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

With the Knicks trailing by 28 points in the third quarter, a “Fire Dolan” chant broke out at Madison Square Garden as frustrated Knicks fans urged Dolan to sell the team. It’s unclear how the Madison Square Garden staff would be able to pinpoint the origin of a “Fire Dolan” chant, but videos hit Twitter that showed a fan getting escorted out by security.

The tweet claimed that the arena security was ejecting the fan who started the chant, and when another fan mockingly chanted, the six (!!!) security guards turned to threaten another ejection.

Though the video showed security escorting the fan out of the section, a Knicks spokesperson told For The Win that “no one was ejected last night from MSG for any reason.” A person claiming to be the fan in the video tweeted that he was removed from his seat for the chant.

Oddly enough, this was nothing new for Dolan who has a history of ejecting fans for merely voicing their frustrations at MSG. Last year, Dolan banned a fan for life who told him to “sell the team.”

The Knicks have lost eight of their first 10 games this season, and as long as Dolan is at the helm, there’s no reason to expect an end to these embarrassing scenes at Madison Square Garden.

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