Knicks owner James Dolan moved on from his positions as NBA Board of Governors’ advisory/finance committee and media committee several months ago, saying the league no longer wants to hear what he has to say, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Dolan added in a July memo that he no longer intends to attend Board of Governors meetings.
“Given all that has occurred lately, I have come to the conclusion that the NBA neither needs nor wants my opinion,” Dolan wrote in a July memo to commissioner Adam Silver and the league’s other 29 team owners, per Wojnarowski.
“My hope is that the Knicks will be treated equally and fairly as all other NBA teams.… As you know, I am very busy with all my duties at MSG family of companies. I need to apply my time where I can be most productive.”
Per Wojnarowski, Dolan has been highly critical of Silver and the league on several fronts, including revenue sharing — in which large-market teams such as the Knicks have to share revenue with smaller-market clubs.
Dolan also voted against Michael Jordan‘s sale of the Hornets to the current ownership group, Wojnarowski wrote.
Of course, this news is all coming out as the Knicks are embroiled in a controversy with the Raptors, with New York suing Toronto for more than $10 million. The suit alleges that a former Knicks basketball staffer took proprietary information with him to his new job with the Raptors over the summer. (Full story.)
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