Jim Dolan says he has no plans to sell the Knicks and hopes to rebuild the team through free agency and the NBA Draft. The Knicks owner is again the center of controversy in New York after banning a fan for telling him to 'Sell the team.'
The Knicks have enough cap space for two max free agents and are widely expected to target Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in a class that also includes Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris.
Dolan praised the team's young core assembled by President Steve Mills and GM Scott Perry. That group includes first-round pick Kevin Knox, second-round pick Mitchell Robinson and other players added via signings including Allonzo Trier, Noah Vonleh and Damyean Dotson. On the topics of Phil Jackson and Kristaps Porzingis, Dolan defended Jackson but admitted he asked him to resign after Jackson chose Frank Ntilikina in the 2017 NBA Draft. The Knicks passed on Dennis Smith Jr. and Donovan Mitchell that year.
When the Knicks realized this year that Porzingis wasn't committed to the team long-term, they engineered the blockbuster deal that sent him to the Dallas Mavericks along with Courtney Lee, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Trey Burke in exchange for Smith Jr., Deandre Jordan, Wes Matthews and future draft picks.
The video was immediately sold to TMZ and has since cast another huge shadow on how Dolan runs the Garden. He also had a run-in with Knicks fan favorite Charles Oakley in 2017 after an altercation with security officials after they told him to leave his seat at the arena near Dolan. Oakley was cleared of misdemeanor assault charges last year.
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