The most obvious consequence? That the Knicks’ silence might imply indifference—to employees, to fans and to players. “James Dolan and the Knick organization, they’re telling you something by the statement that they make or do not make,” Boyd said. “And it’s important for us as a society to be receptive to what they’re telling us, even if what they’re telling us is they don’t give a f—. There’s value in knowing that. And that’s how it looks, in this moment. “They may very well give a f—,” Boyd continued, “but their actions don’t indicate that. So there’s value in knowing that they are misreading the room, that they don’t appreciate the significance of this set of events, that the position that they’ve taken is one inconsistent with perhaps the majority of players on their team and maybe the majority of players in the league.”