James Dolan bans fan from Knicks games for agreeing with entire fan base that he should sell team

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/james-dolan-knicks-owner-sell-madison-square-garden-fan-231432890.html




James Dolan bans fan from Knicks games for agreeing with entire fan base that he should sell team



Jack Baer, Yahoo Sports
21 hours ago



James Dolan sure knows how to endear himself to the New York Knicks faithful.

A month after tearing it all down, again, by trading Kristaps Porzingis and more to the Dallas Mavericks, Dolan’s Knicks fell to a league-worst 13-53 record with a 102-94 home loss to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday. At some point, Dolan walked off the Madison Square Garden floor and was confronted with a message that he has to have heard hundreds of times by this point: sell the Knicks.

Dolan went out of his way to take revenge on the fan who yelled the message, with the interaction captured on video obtained by TMZ.


James Dolan has had enough with Knicks fans

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A fan told Knicks owner James Dolan to sell the team and he reacted by kicking him out of MSG and telling him to "Enjoy watching them on TV."

Yet another thing that really makes you appreciate the Celtics ownership group.

Dolan's marketing director must have ulcers.

worcester wrote:Dolan's marketing director must have ulcers.

As do their fans.

And, every player who may even contemplate signing there may quickly develop ulcers as well.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/james-dolan-responds-fan-video-shouldnt-taken-bait-215553159.html



James Dolan defends banning fan, but admits he 'shouldn't have taken the bait'



Chris Cwik, Yahoo Sports
20 hours ago



New York Knicks owner James Dolan knows he let his frustrations get the best of him Saturday night. After being confronted by a fan during a loss, Dolan was caught on video banning that fan from future Knicks games.

While Dolan defended that decision on ESPN New York’s Michael Kay Show on Tuesday, he also admitted he “shouldn’t have taken the bait” and engaged with the fan in the first place.

During the Knicks’ 102-94 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, Dolan was confronted by a fan who told Dolan to sell the team. Upon hearing that, Dolan asked the fan if he wanted to keep coming to Knicks games. After another brief exchange, Dolan told the fan to “enjoy watching [the games] on TV.” The fan was later kicked out of the game.

Dolan stood by that decision Tuesday, saying he believes he was ambushed by the fan as he was leaving the court. Dolan said he has video of the fan traveling a couple sections to set up and heckle him. Dolan justified his decision by saying people cannot come to Madison Square Garden looking for a confrontation. That is why the fan was banned for life.


Knicks owner James Dolan confronted a fan after Saturday’s game. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)


It didn’t have to be that way. Dolan admitted he was planning to invite the fan back for the next game and have the fan meet with some players. But once Dolan discovered everything was planned out by the fan, he decided to make the ban permanent. Dolan pointed to the speed at which the video was posted to TMZ as a reason to believe the fans had premeditated the ambush.

Dolan explained that he was frustrated that the team was losing, which caused him to respond to the fan. Dolan said he didn’t like being told to “quit.” That’s what set him off.

While the fan may have succeeded in getting under Dolan’s skin, he’ll have to wait before he gets his ultimate wish. Dolan made another thing crystal clear during Tuesday’s interview: He’s not selling the Knicks!


bob
MY NOTE:  First of all, and I'm not an expert on this, but TMZ seems to get hold of these types of videos extraordinarily fast!  Having said that, what kind of a moron does James Dolan  have to be to not understand he, and his players and every other person in the public eye, are targets of just about every type of con known to man?


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Knick fans now can't even wear a shirt criticizing James Dolan. Unreal.

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-sports-james-dolan-knicks-20190317-story.html

This Dolan guy should ban himself from Madison Square Garden before banning anyone else.

Is this incident going to help or hurt their chances to sign the top free agents? I don’t think this helps....