-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
3. "yeah, he employed by the Garden" In response to Reply # 1
although he said prior to yesterday that he was torn between the two. He ain't look to torn at the game. Dolan pulled rank.
Spree though, I wouldn't be surprised if he agreed to go without even being aware of the Oak situation.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
7. "there's a lot of former knicks who haven't said shit about this" In response to Reply # 1
not to mention celebrity ticket owners (McEnroe is hiding in a bunker somewhere)...disappointing on a lot of levels that all of these high powered people are scared of going up against the Dolan/MSG because they might lose their tickets to watch the shit-ass knicks.
that currently do business in or around the league, I could see why they wouldn't want to burn that bridge, but for the guys that are retired completely 100% done with any professional ties with basketball, I agree with you.
Seeing how Oakley was treated, it appears working for or around MSG must be a nightmare since it appears Dolan is a very petty man. And given they the majority of his riches were handed down from his father, it's not as if he's accomplished much of anything to note. I a happy man that his family doesn't own Cablevision anymore so when I pay for my internet access monthly, he doesn't see a red cent from me anymore.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
14. "Everything about Dolan is petty. At the same time, he's very loyal" In response to Reply # 13
There's a ton of former players that are still cashing a check signed by Dolan and/or benefiting from a positive relationship they had as an employee. At the same time, there's a ton of players that are out of the Garden's good graces because they crossed Dolan (in Dolan's eyes of course).
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
dolan is a complete buffoon and a delusional one at that for legitimately thinking he can win a PR battle with Oak.
it's the very thing that makes this story so intriguing. on one hand you might have the most universally reviled man in the metropolitan area going up against one of the most beloved NY sports figures in however many years. dolan can't win but he doesn't know it.
12. "Getting those charges dropped" In response to Reply # 10
when he was cuffed and arrested is much much more important, at least in my opinion. Getting love and/or respect from the Knicks is cool and all, but get put through the court system over some BS is a whole other matter.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
15. "arent they all misdemeanor charges anyway?" In response to Reply # 12
nobody was claiming they was hurt right? them 'charges' will disappear.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
18. "I hope that's the case." In response to Reply # 15
Getting put into the system still bothers me the most about the whole situation. Getting kicked out of MSG and having a feud with Dolan is one matter; seeing another black man in handcuffs and getting officially charged as a criminal over trivial matters is a whole other matter to me.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
17. "so lifting the ban pretty much concedes that they did Oak dirty" In response to Reply # 0
they go from having the guy arrested to trashing him in the media about his supposed alcohol and anger issues to letting him back into MSG? you can't make this stuff up...
19. "Nothing short of a public apology fixes this." In response to Reply # 17
Knicks are in Cleveland after the All Star Break. Lebron should make Oak a personal guest.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
>Knicks are in Cleveland after the All Star Break. Lebron >should make Oak a personal guest.
have him sitting courtside with mav and rich like frankie pentangeli's brother.
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25. "he said he wants the apology to be issued at a press conference" In response to Reply # 19 Tue Feb-14-17 06:15 PM by 3xKrazy
fucking hilarious.
after the knicks had him thrown on his ass in front of 20k people, arrested and then trashed him in the media for days on end...now they're gonna circle back and apologize to Oak? would be insane.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
21. "sometimes in a disagreement both parties can be wrong but it looks like...." In response to Reply # 17
cooler heads eventually prevailed.
Most people automatically took Oakley's side and Dolan's people probably could've handled the situation differently but at the same time you're not going to come into a building that I own and talk shit to or about me I don't care who you are lol.
30. "he kicked everyone out the arena after that tho" In response to Reply # 29
Of course there was an nba game that was played before the eviction though.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
34. "i remember it..it was because of the monta trade right?" In response to Reply # 33
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
Not so short version of the story: It was Mark Jackson's first year, we sucked, and we were tanking. We had traded a top-seven protected draft pick for fricking Marcus Williams a few years before, so in order to keep it, we had to make sure we were bad (season had gone to shit by that point anyway). So, as part of this, they traded Monta Ellis, at the time the most popular player on the team, for Andrew Bogut, who was injured and wasn't going to play the rest of the year.
To top it off, the fans were pissed because Lacob decided he was so important that he had to speak ***AFTER*** Chris Mullin at his own retirement ceremony. It got ugly.
Of course, the pick turned into Harrison Barnes, who was part of an overall dope draft class for us. Bogut worked out in the long run. And trading Ellis is one of the things that eventually allowed Curry to become Curry. But the Dubs fans had been through enough to that during that retirement ceremony, that the whole fanbase was ready to rebel.
A few days after the incident Simmons wrote a very good article damn near every single stupid move that the Warriors front office had made since the early '80s that lead up to that point.
27. "in most sports arenas nowadays if you're overly verbally abuse towards....." In response to Reply # 24
another fan whether its Joe Blow or the team owner there's a pretty good chance you'll be kicked out.
>>but >>at the same time you're not going to come into a building >that >>I own and talk shit to or about me I don't care who you are >>lol. > >and if you're stupid enough to pull that card then at the very >minimum you'll be on the receiving end of the PR nightmare >that's ensued... >
28. "is there any evidence that supports that's what oak did?" In response to Reply # 27
Saying this team or dolan sucks does not equal being overly abusive.
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
32. "smh..my all time favorite knick...i wish he just stayed in the shadows." In response to Reply # 31
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
39. "Pretty sure that wasn't him" In response to Reply # 31
He denied having a twitter account on many occasions, and there were some DMs released that strongly implied the person behind the account was some nerdy white guy.
42. "Pretty random ex-athlete to want to spoof." In response to Reply # 39
I wonder if the man/woman behind that catfishing there is a stalker of some sort. Dude hasn't done anything recently to get into the spotlight outside of being Dolan's friendly token ex-Knicks negro, correct?
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
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