People that really think the league would rather force Zion to New Orleans instead of New York gotta be the most retarded on the planet
If you wanted to force Dolan out and have him get attacked relentlessly by media nationwide when there are sketchy owners never even seen then yes you gotta be a dee dee dee. A lot of these leagues started with guys that weren’t so rich even in their time but in the last twenty years think about how much money the league has made off the not so rich owners selling teams to people that are actually wealthy. The NBA started with eight teams and for years they have been talking about getting to 32 teams (they want at least 2.5 billion as a fee for new teams) Back to old owners a lot of these old owners were able to secure deals where local TV rights would make them wealthy.
I live in New York why the fukk do I have Bull games on WGN. The Buss family that owns the Lakers are Cash poor that’s why Kobe was going to be able to buy the team in the next decade (Similar to how the MLB got Jeter the Marlins) the Forum where Magic Johnson was as they say “having sex with groups of people in the shower” was owned by James Dolan until he sold it for 400 Million to Steve Ballmer last year. Jeanie Buss only worth 500 million. A billion is a thousand million. Cant talk NBA without mentioning Lebron in his second season (2005) the CAVS were sold to Dan Gilbert for 375 Million thirteen years later the team was valued at 1.3 Billion. Personally net worth wise Dan Gilbert is worth 43.1 Billion. That’s 43 thousand millions and one hundred million. The Brooklyn Nets were sold the last team sold outright in 2019 and it in total it cost 3.3 Billion dollars because the new owner Tsai also brought the Barclays Center for 1 billion. The Utah Jazz sold off a majority interest for 1.66 Billion last year.
When teams get sold it bumps up all networths of all the teams and owners it’s one of the reasons why the owner of the Hornets is richer than the owner of the Bulls despite the owner of the Bulls being 26 years older and owning the Bulls since 85 when the owner of the Hornets played for him. I’m talking
So yes there I think there is a plan to get Dolan out. A lot goes into the Knicks especially where they play because MSG is very expensive and it’s a lot of bullshyt with it being on top of Penn Station there have been problems since the 60’s and with long standing problems there are always some people who think because they are smart they can just go and solve said problem without any feel of it. Who ever tries to buy the Knicks most likely would have to go to court with with the MTA, NJ, Port Authority, and others.
fukk that Billion with a B shyt anytime you see a billion it’s a thousand million so today Bezos worth 186.9 Billion let’s round that up to 187 Billion so he really worth 187,000 Million.