June 30, 2024

james Dolan hopes that the NBA will remain fair to the New York Knicks even after resigning from his positions in the league’s board of governor’s committees.

Dolan’s resignation, first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, came after his critical views on several league issues and before the Knicks launched a lawsuit against the Toronto Raptors in August, alleging them of “trade secret theft.”

“My hope is that the Knicks will be treated equally and fairly as all other NBA teams,” Dolan said in the memo obtained by ESPN. “… As you know, I am very busy with all my duties at MSG family of companies. I need to apply my time where I can be most productive.”

According to ESPN, Dolan had been critical of the league’s revenue system which requires the Knicks, a big-market franchise, to share their substantially higher revenue with smaller market teams.

Last season, the Knicks’ revenue reached $506 million, a 12% increase from the 2021-22 season when they earned an estimated $452 million. The Knicks had the third-highest revenue among all 30 NBA teams behind the Golden State Warriors ($706 million) and the Los Angeles Lakers ($516 million), according to Statista.

Dolan also voted against Michael Jordan’s sale of the Charlotte Hornets that left the NBA Board of Governors without a black owner, and the WNBA expansion in San Francisco.

The two events served as the precursor to Dolan’s resignation.

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