As the drama keeps on coming for the Knicks this season, so do the losses.
It seems like one Knicks fan didn’t take too kindly to the losing with the Knicks and took his frustrations out on the New York Knicks owner James Dolan recently in an e-mail sent to him.
The original e-mail sent from the fan to Dolan as presented to the masses by ESPN.com’s Ian Begley.
In the email, Irving Bierman criticized Dolan over decisions made during his tenure as owner of the Knicks. Dolan responded by telling Bierman to root for the Nets and attacked him personally. An MSG representative confirmed to ESPN.com that the emailed response was written by Dolan.
“At one stage I thought that you did a wonderful thing when you acquired EVERYTHING from you dad. However, since then it has been ALL DOWN HILL. Your working with Isaiah Thomas & everything else regarding the Knicks. Brnging on Phil Jackson was a positive beginning, but lowballing Steve Kerr was a DISGRACE to the knicks. The bottom line is that you merely continued to interfere with the franchise,” Irving Bierman wrote in an email addressed to Dolan.
“As a knicks fan for in excess of 60 years, I am utterly embarased by your dealings with the Knicks. Sell them so their fans can at least look forward to growing them in a positive direction Obviously, money IS NOT THE ONLY THING. You have done a lot of utterly STUPID business things with the franchise. Please NO MORE. Respectfully, Irving Bierman.”
The following is Dolan’s response to the fan, also from Begley’s piece.
In his response, Dolan called Bierman “a sad person.”
“Why would anybody write such a hateful letter. I am.just guessing but ill bet your life is a mess and you are a hateful mess,” Dolan wrote. “What have you done that anyone would consider positive or nice. I am betting nothing. In fact ill bet you are negative force in everyone who comes in contact with you. You most likely have made your family miserable. Alcoholic maybe. I just celebrated my 21 year anniversary of sobriety. You should try it. Maybe it will help you become a person that folks would like to have around. In the mean while start rooting for the Nets because the Knicks dont want you. Respectfully James Dolan.”
Now as dramatic as this is between the 2, the Knicks owner was critcized for what many NBA and Knicks fans believe to be true. Dolan has not succeeded holding ownership of the Knick, in fact In his 14 years as owner, the Knicks have made the playoffs once in that time.
As sad as the exchange was, it seems like there won’t be any repercussions by the NBA, as reported by ESPN.com.
Silver commented on Dolan’s email Monday, one day after the contentious exchange surfaced.
“Jim is a consummate New Yorker,” Silver told the Post. “Jim got an unkind email and responded with an unkind email.”
Sources with knowledge of the NBA’s decision told ESPNNewYork.com’s Ian Begley that Dolan’s remarks did not broach territory that would cause the league to insert itself. That territory includes the use of vulgarity or any comments addressing class, race or sexual orientation.
Keep on trucking New York. This season is almost over.
