Dolan, however, was bitter the Rockets redid the offer, thinking it was Lin’s idea. “The time there, with the fans, everything. It was so special. I was like, I need to go back to New York,” said Lin, who was playing in China this season before the coronavirus pandemic. “That’s where my heart is. So, I call my agent and said ‘hey, find a way to get out of Houston. Give me a less good of a contract so that New York will match it’ and he said, ‘we can’t, this is Houston’s final offer and we’ve been talking to them for a week, two weeks, three weeks, this is it.’”
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Governor Andrew Cuomo has begun laying …
Governor Andrew Cuomo has begun laying the groundwork to re-open New York as studies suggest the coronavirus outbreak is beginning to take a downward turn in the area. Amongst the group of 100 advisors are prominent New York sports owners in Knicks and Rangers CEO James Dolan, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky, Yankees president Randy Levine, and Sabres and Bills owner Kim Pegula.
James Dolan recovered from coronavirus
Jim Dolan, the 64-year-old CEO of the Garden, has clinically recovered from COVID-19, The Post has learned. An MSG spokesperson confirmed that Dolan, who tested positive the final week of March following exposure to an individual outside the company who carried the coronavirus, recently tested negative and is in good health.
Having recovered, the owner of the …
Having recovered, the owner of the Knicks and Rangers is immersed in the effort to medically combat the virus by volunteering to participate in multiple clinical trials. He has donated blood to NYU Langone Health and Duke University Medical Center. In addition, Dolan has registered to donate plasma antibodies to the New York Blood Center for a trial being conducted by Mount Sinai.
Ian Begley: MSG spokesperson says …
Ian Begley: MSG spokesperson says Knicks owner James Dolan has recovered coronavirus. The spokesperson says Dolan, who tested positive for the virus last month, has donated blood plasma for potential treatments, confirming a NY Post report.
King and Henry were at the Garden on …
King and Henry were at the Garden on celebrity row for the Jan. 22 game against the Lakers, and took publicity shots. After the memoir came out in 2017, Knicks owner James Dolan permitted King to conduct seven different book signings on Garden property. According to Henry, Dolan has been supportive about the movie. King has sat next to Dolan during games — including the contest after the infamous Charles Oakley arrest incident. “When Bernard and I informed Jim Dolan about the movie project, he was delighted and expressed to let him know how the organization can help moving forward,’’ Henry said. “I would be honored to shoot part of the film in the iconic Madison Square Garden.’’
After the MSG incident, former Knicks …
After the MSG incident, former Knicks players Latrell Sprewell and Bernard King sat alongside Dolan during a game. Oakley wasn’t pleased. “I wanted to smack Bernard. Serious,” he said Monday. “I lost so much respect for him. I can’t even speak to him.”
Charles Oakley is taking a break in his …
Charles Oakley is taking a break in his feud with James Dolan and zeroing in instead on several prominent former Knicks. Oakley, the longtime former Knick who hasn’t been back at the Garden since his infamous arrest there in February of 2017, said he wanted to “smack” Bernard King and faulted Patrick Ewing’s lack of leadership for the team never being able to win a title in his day. “He never put us on his back like he should have because every adversity he ducked away from,” Oakley said of Ewing on CBS Sports Radio. “He gave the same f–king answer after every 82 games of the year.”
Oakley, 56, called Ewing “high …
Oakley, 56, called Ewing “high maintenance” and said everything revolved around the Hall of Fame player who now coaches at Georgetown. “You got to be special to play with Patrick,” Oakley said. “You had to do so much out of your ordinary just to be on the team, and that hurt us sometimes. As a team, we’re supposed to be close and together. It wasn’t that. We had to make sure he was happy. He didn’t care if we [were] happy or not. That’s a sad situation, and I see why the Knicks won’t give him a job. He treated them bad – inside out. Chris [Childs] will tell you. He was tough to play with, but he wasn’t no problem to me because I understand. ‘Mase’ [Anthony Mason] had a problem with it because Mase always hollered and cussed at him.”
Rockets’ Tilman Fertitta has the best …
Rockets’ Tilman Fertitta has the best winning record among NBA owners. Knicks’ James Dolan is at No. 27 with three playoff series won in 21 seasons.