New York Knicks Lawsuit: James Dolan Resigns From NBA Board of Governors Committees, Team Seeks $10 Million in Damages
New York Knicks owner and Madison Square Garden Company chairman James Dolan has made himself a different kind of free agent
Shortly after Baxter Holmes of ESPN reported that the Knicks were seeking over $10 million in damages stemming from their lawsuit against the Toronto Raptors, another ESPN report, this from Adrian
Wojnarowski, says Dolan resigned from his positions on several NBA Board of Governor committees.
Dolan will also no longer attend Board of Governor meetings, as Wojnarowski’s report said that those duties have been passed to Knicks general counsel Jamaal Lesane, who will serve as a proxy.
“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 obtained by Wojnarowski. “My hope is that the Knicks will be treated equally and fairly as all other NBA teams. I am very busy with all my duties at (the) MSG family of companies. I need to apply my time where I can be most productive.”
The Knicks’ lawsuit against Toronto and its parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment stems from the alleged theft of “proprietary information.” Former team employee Ike Azotam was listed among the defendants as well as current Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković, with the former alleged to have “funnel(ed) proprietary information to the Raptors to help them organize, plan, and structure the new coaching and video operations staff.”
