Comments on: 2019-20 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Rockets

By: Nick C.

Nick C. — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:27:30 +0000

I’m not understanding why if he has been using the entrance for all these years it suddenly became an issue?

By: E

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:23:42 +0000

It was absurd of Dolan to even get himself involved in the first place. If there was some kind of changed entrance policy, the account manager and security could have communicated it and handled it.

By: alsep73

alsep73 — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:18:29 +0000

What would be the right reaction from Dolan?

Options that would have been infinitely better than that statement:

1)Ignore Spike
2)Put out a statement saying something like, “We’re sorry that Spike is still upset. We thought the matter had been resolved amicably last night. Clearly, we can all do better at communicating with one another. We’ll strive to improve at that in the future.”
3)Ignore Spike

Like some other absurdly rich people I could name, Dolan is congenitally incapable of apologizing or admitting he was wrong about anything, and it makes him and his organization look like a clown show. Constantly.

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:13:08 +0000

What if I told you the Knicks PR account is actually a Jim Dolan burner account?

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:08:55 +0000

I’m the last person to ever defend Dolan, but what was he supposed to do today?
He literally went to meet with Spike yesterday, had some sort of conversation that ended with a handshake. Media was going nuts over the Spike “controversy” so they put out a completely innocuous PR statement saying it was all worked out.

Spike then goes on First Take and makes a fool out of himself and picking a fight with Dolan, probably thinking he can get some PR bump out of it.

What would be the right reaction from Dolan? Maybe today’s release was a little petty, but the whole thing is petty. Losing your mind over being asked to go through the VIP entrance? You’ve got to be kidding me. 99% of reasonable Knick fans would side with the Knicks on this except for the fact that Dolan’s name is on one side.

By: Anthony Bonner

Anthony Bonner — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:07:59 +0000

thenoblefacehumper:
https://twitter.com/NY_KnicksPR/status/1234898716076789761/photo/1

Welp. We will never, ever have nice things.

To be fair, look at the picture of that entrance in the tweet. It says “Entrance for employees, media and patrons with disabilities only”. Given the amount of money Spike is paying, and the quality of basketball entertainment he is getting in return, it could be argued there’s a disability that qualifies him to use that entrance regardless.

Upon further reflection, all paying Knicks fans should have access to that entrance :/

By: Hubert

Hubert — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:07:43 +0000

Man, I wish I could come up with insults like “Arrest me like Charles Oakley” in the heat of an argument.

If that were me, I’d come up with it a day later, like Costanza and the jerk store, and then walk back up to the employee entrance the next game to recreate the scene.

By: E

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:02:12 +0000

Actually after thinking about this for a minute, my feeling is that Spike is seriously overestimating his cachet with Knicks fans.

He is, and he’s probably overblowing the whole thing — but it’s still really weird that Dolan himself would get involved.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:02:02 +0000

Seriously, does Dolan write these press releases? They sound petty and unprofessional.

The WORST organization. Leon Rose will leave before the season ends.

Watch Spike, the most diehard Knicks fan, start attending Nets games. He’s spent more time at MSG than anyone on the team or in the front office.

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:54:40 +0000

Actually after thinking about this for a minute, my feeling is that Spike is seriously overestimating his cachet with Knicks fans. He’s not Oakley, who shed blood/sweat/tears for this franchise. Having a lot of trouble feeling any sympathy for a guy who loses his mind over being forced to use the regular VIP entrance. if I were Dolan and MSG I wouldn’t apologize either.

C’mon man. There’s a reason no other team in the NBA has ever had issues with, uh, who uses what entrance. I can’t say I know enough about the specifics here to say much more than that, but this shit just doesn’t happen to normal teams with normal owners.

I mean at a bare minimum, no other team would issue a fucking press release on the matter.