He writes that Thorn "turned insufferable Minnesota GM David Kahn into a basket case over the Nets threatening to draft Wesley Johnson."

As for the Knicks planning a day with James in Manhattan on July 1, an executive whose team is in the hunt said that James will be home that day.

"LeBron's taking appointments with teams in Ohio that day," the official told Wojnarowski.

Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/67442/20100625/yahoo_report_lebron_his_advisors_creating_nba_chaos/#ixzz0rt0hp2z6

YOu really want Dolan to go? I'd think it best for him to stay home and work his axe than try to recruit.

Dolan got a nice fat checkbook and thats all Lebron needs to know about him. The rest is up to Donnie and MDA to show him what is possible and how much fun MDA is gonna make it for him.

NY sells itself.

I think Donnie and Mike will do a good job with their pitch. I almost hope Dolan isn't involved, but supposedly Lebron wants to know about the ownership and play for a good owner. When I heard that, I thought our chances of getting Lebron took a hit.

A lot of our bad luck seems like bad karma from having a horrible owner. Look at Ernie Gruenfeld - you think he made the move with Chicago and part of him wasn't glad to F the Knicks after the way they fired him? I'm sure Ernie is smiling today. We still have bad karma from the way we forced Ewing, Oakley, Camby, Checketts and JVG out the door.

It's hard to be a Knicks fan. Dolan sucks.

crzymdups wrote:What I heard is that the Knicks are sending a plane to Akron with a bunch of New York luminaries on it. Trump, Chris Rock, etc.

I think Donnie and Mike will do a good job with their pitch. I almost hope Dolan isn't involved, but supposedly Lebron wants to know about the ownership and play for a good owner. When I heard that, I thought our chances of getting Lebron took a hit.

A lot of our bad luck seems like bad karma from having a horrible owner. Look at Ernie Gruenfeld - you think he made the move with Chicago and part of him wasn't glad to F the Knicks after the way they fired him? I'm sure Ernie is smiling today. We still have bad karma from the way we forced Ewing, Oakley, Camby, Checketts and JVG Lenny out the door.

It's hard to be a Knicks fan. Dolan sucks.

one edit, b/c jvg left on his own

The only players who had problems have had similar in other cities.

I have been been going on about the Russian for months and IM impressed he is not starphuching it yet.

Nets don't own it, we keep giving it away.

Lebron is coming Briggs. Its very stealth. Playa told me its inside stuff.

BRIGGS wrote:

crzymdups wrote:What I heard is that the Knicks are sending a plane to Akron with a bunch of New York luminaries on it. Trump, Chris Rock, etc.

I think Donnie and Mike will do a good job with their pitch. I almost hope Dolan isn't involved, but supposedly Lebron wants to know about the ownership and play for a good owner. When I heard that, I thought our chances of getting Lebron took a hit.

A lot of our bad luck seems like bad karma from having a horrible owner. Look at Ernie Gruenfeld - you think he made the move with Chicago and part of him wasn't glad to F the Knicks after the way they fired him? I'm sure Ernie is smiling today. We still have bad karma from the way we forced Ewing, Oakley, Camby, Checketts and JVG out the door.

It's hard to be a Knicks fan. Dolan sucks.

We have to accept that we are owned by the Nets now--that is a war that cant be won

Oh please. Go get yourself a bowl of ice cream and then get yourself a lapdance later on. Put a smile on your face and stop being so grumpy.

playa2 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Im not sure how from a players perspective how dolan is a bad owner. He holds up his end of the bargain, is loyal to players worthy of being loyal to and pays very well. Knicks have nice practice facility, nice jet and get treated well.

The only players who had problems have had similar in other cities.

I have been been going on about the Russian for months and IM impressed he is not starphuching it yet.

Nets don't own it, we keep giving it away.

Lebron is coming Briggs. Its very stealth. Playa told me its inside stuff.

Nalod, players care about money , but manTHEY WANT TO BE PUT IN A POSITION TO WIN !!!!!!! Nets owner went on record at said he wants to win a chip within 5 yrs. Dolan can't touch that ! All he does is grin and count the money

Dude, I am a fan of Rod thorn and admire the nets. Last year was a disaster but they are rebuilding and they are smart.

Bottom line is not WHAT HE SAID but what he does. All owners say that kind of crap.

Knicks under dolan have been awful the last 10 years but before that Dolan was still owner with Checketts in charge and they did very well. Under Layden it was awful but we were getting cap space and assets until Isiah sold a bill of goods to Dolan and they leveraged those assets into real crap. Talented crap, but still crap.

SO now we have a blend of a few decent players and some big cap space.

A GM with cred and a good coach.

Its not totally dysfunctional.

Today we are all grumpy but lets just see how this all plays out.

Nalod wrote:

playa2 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Im not sure how from a players perspective how dolan is a bad owner. He holds up his end of the bargain, is loyal to players worthy of being loyal to and pays very well. Knicks have nice practice facility, nice jet and get treated well.

The only players who had problems have had similar in other cities.

I have been been going on about the Russian for months and IM impressed he is not starphuching it yet.

Nets don't own it, we keep giving it away.

Lebron is coming Briggs. Its very stealth. Playa told me its inside stuff.

Nalod, players care about money , but manTHEY WANT TO BE PUT IN A POSITION TO WIN !!!!!!! Nets owner went on record at said he wants to win a chip within 5 yrs. Dolan can't touch that ! All he does is grin and count the money

Dude, I am a fan of Rod thorn and admire the nets. Last year was a disaster but they are rebuilding and they are smart.

Bottom line is not WHAT HE SAID but what he does. All owners say that kind of crap.

Knicks under dolan have been awful the last 10 years but before that Dolan was still owner with Checketts in charge and they did very well. Under Layden it was awful but we were getting cap space and assets until Isiah sold a bill of goods to Dolan and they leveraged those assets into real crap. Talented crap, but still crap.

SO now we have a blend of a few decent players and some big cap space.

A GM with cred and a good coach.

Its not totally dysfunctional.

Today we are all grumpy but lets just see how this all plays out.

The difference is the Nets new owner has won championships more than once. He means what he says, Others don't