Adam Silver won’t engage on Knicks owner James Dolan’s grievances after scathing letter
NY Post
LAS VEGAS — In the last year, the Knicks sued another NBA team, questioned the commissioner’s objectivity and sent a scathing letter to the other owners about the league’s direction.
Given a chance to respond or elaborate Tuesday, Adam Silver mostly sidestepped the issues with the Knicks and James Dolan.
“My response is we try to keep these issues in the family. And I would say, yes, Jim Dolan did send a letter out to his partner teams and to the league office,” Silver said after the owners meetings in Vegas. “That was discussed certainly at our meetings. But I don’t think it’s appropriate to get into the specifics of what was discussed at our meeting.”
Silver was also asked about a New York court’s decision last month to send the Knicks’ lawsuit against the Raptors back to the commissioner to arbitrate.
As part of the suit, the Knicks claimed Silver couldn’t objectively settle the dispute because, in part, he was beholden to Raptors minority owner Larry Tanenbaum.
“The second part of your question [about the Knicks questioning my objectivity], I won’t respond to,” Silver said. “The first part is that we did receive notice of the court’s decision and are in the process of working through those issues at the league office right now.”
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