The Knicks ended a long NBA finals drought with a strong playoff run, including a large average margin of victory over a winning streak. The most surprising element was Jalen Brunson praising a winning culture that starts with Knicks owner James Dolan. The turnaround is framed as less cathartic without Dolan’s reputation for chaos and dysfunction. Dolan is portrayed as having competed for the title of worst owner in US sports, with comparisons to other notorious owners. Past coverage described him as destroying beloved franchises, including the Rangers. In an ESPN interview, Dolan recalled fans shouting horrible things and running away when they saw him. He also emphasized responsibility to shareholders over fans, and his background is described as a nepo baby inheriting a major sports and cable empire.
"In a lengthy interview with ESPN's Ian O'Connor in 2018, Dolan said Knicks fans who spotted him around town would shout something horrible and run away. It's not fun. In another digression about selling the team, an idea he has long insisted is well off the table, Dolan spoke more urgently about his responsibility to shareholders than to fans. At the turn of the century, Dolan was a New York nepo baby poster boy a recovering addict who inherited a multibillion-dollar cable TV and sports empire and ran it with a rumpled authority that carried through"
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