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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 5440983, member: 6809"] Here is the reason the Knicks are so bad: [B]James Lawrence Dolan[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] (born May 11, 1955) is an American businessman, and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_chairman']executive chairman[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer']chief executive officer[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_Sports']Madison Square Garden Sports[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_Entertainment']Madison Square Garden Entertainment[/URL], and executive chairman of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSG_Networks']MSG Networks[/URL] Dolan is one of six children of Cablevision founder [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dolan']Charles Dolan[/URL] and his wife, Helen Ann Dolan,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] and nephew of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians']Cleveland Guardians[/URL] owner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Dolan']Larry J. Dolan[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-:0-4'][4][/URL] He is of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people']Irish[/URL] descent.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-:0-4'][4][/URL] After originally pursuing a career in music, Dolan eventually switched to a major in communications at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNY_New_Paltz']SUNY New Paltz[/URL] and began working for Cablevision in various capacities including sales before eventually being dispatched to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland']Cleveland[/URL] by his father to manage the launching of a sports radio station. In 1995, he was made CEO >of Cablevision.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] Throughout his early adult life, Dolan battled drug and alcohol problems and was reportedly known for having a volatile temper. In 1993, he went to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_rehabilitation']drug rehabilitation[/URL] at the Hazelden clinic in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_City,_Minnesota']Center City, Minnesota[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-6'][6][/URL]< [B]New York Knicks[/B] Like the Rangers, the Knicks performed abysmally in the early 2000s. Unlike the Rangers, they have yet to fully recover, which fans mostly blame on Dolan's management missteps.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-16'][16][/URL] Although the Knicks made the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals']NBA Finals[/URL] in 1999, they did not post another winning season until the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_New_York_Knicks_season']2012–13 season[/URL]. Furthermore, the Knicks did not make the playoffs at any point between the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_New_York_Knicks_season']2003–04[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_New_York_Knicks_season']2010–11[/URL] seasons, which both ended in the first round with four-game sweeps of the Knicks. In 2007, NBA Commissioner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stern']David Stern[/URL] criticized Dolan's management of the Knicks, saying "they're not a model of intelligent management."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-17'][17][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-18'][18][/URL] >In 2007, Dolan was named as a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit submitted by a former Knicks executive, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anucha_Browne-Sanders']Anucha Browne-Sanders[/URL]. Browne-Sanders accused Dolan of firing her out of spite after she complained about sexual harassment from Isiah Thomas. The court ruled in favor of Brown-Sanders and Dolan had to pay $3 million of the $11 million settlement. MSG was responsible for paying the remainder of the settlement.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan#cite_note-19'][19][/URL]< [/QUOTE]

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