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holfresh
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3/27/2015  2:48 PM

Dolan is getting a raw deal here...


http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12565861/2015-front-office-rankings-top-owners

1 San Antonio Spurs Spurs Sports & Entertainment, Peter Holt 9.50
2 Miami Heat Limited Partnership, Micky Arison 8.38
3 Dallas Mavericks Dallas Basketball Limited, Mark Cuban 8.04
4 Golden State Warriors GSW Sports LLC, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber 8.00
5 Houston Rockets Rocket Ball, Ltd., Leslie Alexander 7.96
6 Portland Trail Blazers Vulcan Inc., Paul Allen 7.50
7 Boston Celtics Boston Basketball Partners LLC, Wyc Grousbeck 7.38
8 Indiana Pacers Pacers Sports & Entertainment, Herb Simon 6.80
9 Utah Jazz Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment, Greg Miller 6.54
10 Toronto Raptors Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Larry Tanenbaum 6.33
11 (tie)Chicago Bulls Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership, Jerry Reinsdorf 6.30
11 (tie)Los Angeles Clippers Steve Ballmer 6.30
11 (tie)Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Basketball LLC, Robert Pera 6.30
14 Oklahoma City Thunder The Professional Basketball Club LLC, Clayton Bennett 6.00
15 Milwaukee Bucks Wesley Edens & Marc Lasry 5.96
16 Washington Wizards Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Ted Leonsis 5.58
17 Cleveland Cavaliers Cavaliers Operating Company, Dan Gilbert 5.29
18 New Orleans Pelicans New Orleans Hornets NBA Limited Partnership, Tom Benson 5.21
19 Detroit Pistons Palace Sports & Entertainment, Tom Gores 4.96
20 Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Spirit LLC, Bruce Levenson and Michael Gearon Jr. 4.92
21 Phoenix Suns Suns Legacy Partners, Robert Sarver 4.88
22 Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia 76ers Inc., Joshua Harris 4.75
23 Orlando Magic RDV Sports Inc., Richard DeVos 4.71
24 Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers, Inc., Jim and Jeanie Buss 4.38
25 Denver Nuggets Kroenke Sports Enterprise, Josh Kroenke 4.25
26 Charlotte Hornets Bobcats Sports & Entertainment, Michael Jordan 4.04
27 Minnesota Timberwolves Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball Limited Partnership, Glen Taylor 3.92
28 Sacramento Kings Unnamed partnership, Vivek Ranadive 3.88
29 Brooklyn Nets ONEXIM Sports and Entertainment, Mikhail Prokhorov 3.71
30 New York Knicks Madison Square Garden Inc., James Dolan 1.29

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fishmike
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3/27/2015  2:50 PM
I sense a pattern developing here
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Vmart
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3/27/2015  2:58 PM
I call Bull**** on this.
crzymdups
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3/27/2015  3:04 PM
This is the first one I agree with.
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Bonn1997
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3/27/2015  3:05 PM
Look at the actual numbers - he's not even remotely close to 29th place. LOL
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3/27/2015  4:30 PM
StraightShot about to come out here and praise Dolan.
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Vmart
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3/27/2015  4:42 PM
What the hell has Steve Ballmer done to be on the list that high? All he did was purchase the clippers. This is a stupid list that just reflects teams record and we already know the Knicks are bad. What was Dolan ranked when they won 54 games?
MS
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3/27/2015  4:56 PM
No debating at all.

The reason this franchise is one of the worst in the entire team is simple. We have an owner that has produced the 26th worst win percentage out of 30 NBA teams in the past 15 years (479-624). He has gone through 6 Presidents/GM's and 9 coaches during that time.

He has two guys in leadership positions with zero experience.

The teams that fell below the knicks on the list in winning percentage the past 15 years were Minnesota (Andrew Wiggins, Levine, cap space, lottery pick) Toronto (elite eastern team with cornerstones) Washington (Beal, Wall, Cap space) and the Warrior (best team in the league). We are in the worst shape of those teams listed.

More importantly, teams don't have the luxury of playing in the number one corporate market in the world where there is some bull**** tax break on their building and luxury boxes sell themselves. Fans actually give a **** and have real ties to the team so they can't stop rooting for them.

Again, if you're a free agent, you don't come to a place where the owner writes emails to fans accusing them of an addiction that he himself struggled with and almost ruined his life, because you suck at your job and you’re incompetent.

VCoug
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3/27/2015  6:59 PM
MS wrote:No debating at all.

The reason this franchise is one of the worst in the entire team is simple. We have an owner that has produced the 26th worst win percentage out of 30 NBA teams in the past 15 years (479-624). He has gone through 6 Presidents/GM's and 9 coaches during that time.

He has two guys in leadership positions with zero experience.

The teams that fell below the knicks on the list in winning percentage the past 15 years were Minnesota (Andrew Wiggins, Levine, cap space, lottery pick) Toronto (elite eastern team with cornerstones) Washington (Beal, Wall, Cap space) and the Warrior (best team in the league). We are in the worst shape of those teams listed.

More importantly, teams don't have the luxury of playing in the number one corporate market in the world where there is some bull**** tax break on their building and luxury boxes sell themselves. Fans actually give a **** and have real ties to the team so they can't stop rooting for them.

Again, if you're a free agent, you don't come to a place where the owner writes emails to fans accusing them of an addiction that he himself struggled with and almost ruined his life, because you suck at your job and you’re incompetent.

And it's not just our oncourt performance, which is bad enough to put him in the bottom 5 owners as is, but the off the court stuff that really buries him. What other owner has done this, or this, or this, or this.

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Bonn1997
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3/29/2015  7:42 AM
Vmart wrote:I call Bull**** on this.

We've won one playoff series since 2000. Where would you expect Dolan to rank?
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3/29/2015  7:44 AM
So Holfresh has a sense of humor after all
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3/29/2015  2:38 PM
This is typical of the kind of media bias that Jim and his management team has to deal with every day. This type of hatefulness is the main reason why Jim rarely speaks to the media. What is the point when they have such a deep hatred of our beloved Knicks?
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VCoug
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3/29/2015  3:00 PM
StraightShot wrote:This is typical of the kind of media bias that Jim and his management team has to deal with every day. This type of hatefulness is the main reason why Jim rarely speaks to the media. What is the point when they have such a deep hatred of our beloved Knicks?

I know you're just a troll but I still ****ing hate you so, so much.

Now the joy of my world is in Zion How beautiful if nothing more Than to wait at Zion's door I've never been in love like this before Now let me pray to keep you from The perils that will surely come
GetThePipe
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3/29/2015  4:56 PM
why are the Nets higher than the Knicks?
Splat
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3/29/2015  7:28 PM
VCoug wrote:
StraightShot wrote:This is typical of the kind of media bias that Jim and his management team has to deal with every day. This type of hatefulness is the main reason why Jim rarely speaks to the media. What is the point when they have such a deep hatred of our beloved Knicks?

I know you're just a troll but I still ****ing hate you so, so much.

I just laughed out loud so hard at that. ha ha ha

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VCoug
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3/29/2015  10:00 PM
Splat wrote:
VCoug wrote:
StraightShot wrote:This is typical of the kind of media bias that Jim and his management team has to deal with every day. This type of hatefulness is the main reason why Jim rarely speaks to the media. What is the point when they have such a deep hatred of our beloved Knicks?

I know you're just a troll but I still ****ing hate you so, so much.

I just laughed out loud so hard at that. ha ha ha

Now the joy of my world is in Zion How beautiful if nothing more Than to wait at Zion's door I've never been in love like this before Now let me pray to keep you from The perils that will surely come
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