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New York Knicks owner James Dolan is rumored to be selling the struggling franchise, but the 63-year-old is denying the report
As former ESPN-turned-HBO contributor Bill Simmons explained on The Ringer's podcast, Dolan is 'courting offers' for the team, which was recently valued by Forbes at an league-high $4 billion
'Multiple people told me this, who know things,' said Simmons.'James Dolan is courting offers for the Knicks
It's happening.It's on.It's go-time.He's courting offers for the Knicks.That's what I heard at All-Star Weekend from people I trust
' In a statement, Madison Square Garden, the Knicks' parent company, disputed the report
'The story is 100 percent false,' read the statement.'There has been nothing.No discussions.No plans to have discussions - nothing.' As Simmons explained, Dolan wants to continue as owner of Madison Square Garden, the Knicks' parent company, but has grown tired of the public criticism that comes with owning a team with the worst record in the NBA's Eastern Conference
'This is what I've pieced together,' Simmons continued.'[Dolan] really cares about the buildings and the in-game, in-concert experience.And he wants to put even more money into that
He feels if he can just sell the Knicks for some crazy price, then he can put the money into that music, in-game experience stuff that he cares about
So, the Knicks are available.' In December Dolan told ESPN that he had received some interest in the team for around $5 billion, but cautioned that he had not received a firm offer, nor was he actively trying to sell the Knicks
'You hear numbers all the time,' he continued.'.I think people have sent feelers out but never any that were pursued
Yeah, [the feelers are] around that number [$5 billion], but those things, it's like a stock price
It's only important if you're going to buy or sell.' Dolan is the executive chairman of the MSG television networks and The Madison Square Garden Company, and has owned the Knicks and New York Rangers since 1999
He recently sold the WNBA's New York Liberty to Brooklyn Nets minority owner and Joseph Tsai, the co-founder of the e-commerce giant Alibaba Group
The timing of the report is significant given the upcoming free-agent market.NBA All-Stars such as Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, and New York-native Kemba Walker will all be available, but free agents have traditionally shied away from teams with uncertain ownership situations
The Knicks could also be a potential trade destination for New Orleans Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis, who will be a free agent in 2020 and could leverage his way into or out of any deal, depending on where he hopes to sign his next contract
The 2018-19 season has been another difficult campaign for the last-place Knicks, who recently ended a franchise-worst 18-game losing streak
The Knicks have just seven postseason appearances in Dolan's 20 years at the helm, and will miss the playoffs for the sixth straight year this season
First-year coach David Fizdale is the team's fifth since 2013 - the last time the Knicks reached the playoffs - including ex-interim coach Kurt Rambis
In a controversial decision by general manager Scott Perry, the team dealt its injured franchise cornerstone, Kristaps Porzingis, for point guard Dennis Smith Jr.,soon-to-be free agent center DeAndre Jordan and pair of first-round draft picks before the trade deadline
The move cleared salary-cap space in preparation for this summer's free-agent market, but in the meantime it made the struggling Knicks even less competitive
Amid intense criticism from fans and media, the Knicks barred New York Daily News reported Stefan Bondy from team president Steve Mills's press conference following the trade
That decision promoted the Daily News' rival, the New York Post, to publish a rebuke of the Knicks by the paper's editorial board
'A team's management is free to refuse one-on-one interviews with media figures with whom they're in conflict, and certainly is within its rights to avoid calling on them at press conferences,' read the editorial
'But banning anyone outright for being critical is needlessly petulant.' In fact, Dolan admitted to ESPN that he keeps dossiers on the reports who cover the Knicks - something he recommends for all large companies
Dolan has taken his share of criticism from fans, some of whom voiced their displeasure in person
'In New York, I really can't go out in public without having a security person with me, and I'm hearing stuff and it's like, 'Hey, I'm just shopping here,'' Dolan said
'A lot of times people are nice.'Hi, how are you doing? Are we going to get this guy? Is this going to happen?' 'I try to be nice to them, [but] usually people have negative things to say,' he continued
'They like to jump out, shout something horrible and run away.That happens all the time
Even at dinner.It's not fun.' In 2015, Dolan responded to an angry email from a fan by telling him to root for the Nets while accusing him of being an alcoholic
Then 73-year-old Irving Bierman told The Wall Street Journal at the time that Dolan was wrong to accuse him of alcoholism, even if the Knicks owner was, himself, a recovering alcoholic
'Honestly I had no idea [Dolan] had a drinking problem,' Bierman said.'I didn't care, and the fact that he's been sober for 21 years, good for him
God bless him…[The] last time I had a drink, I was 18.Now I am 73.I mean, how dare he?' Things may have hit bottom for Dolan in 2007, when he refused to settle a sexual harassment suit against the company and then-coach Isiah Thomas by former executive Anucha Browne Sanders
She was ultimately awarded $6 million as the victim of the a hostile work environment and another $5.6million as the victim of Dolan's decision to fire her in retaliation for the lawsuit
Dolan also clashed with former head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who left the team in 2001-2002 amidst rumors that the team was trying to hire Phil Jackson to coach the team
Jackson eventually became team president, but left three years into his five-year deal
Perhaps more famously, former Knicks star Charles Oakley was ejected from MSG and accused of being an alcoholic by Dolan, who has admittedly gone through rehab himself
Oakley, who already had an acrimonious relationship with Dolan, was arrested on February 8, 2017 after being physically removed from his seat by arena security during a Knicks game against the Los Angeles Clippers
He was later charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault, one misdemeanor count of aggravated harassment, and one misdemeanor count of trespassing
Television cameras showed Oakley shoving security guards a short distance from the Knicks bench, and MSG would ultimately release witness statements from a dozen employees who encountered Oakley that night, alleging that he was physically and verbally abusive
One Garden employee alleged Oakley shouted,Dolan responded to the ejection by banning Oakley from The Garden indefinitely and in an interview with ESPN radio suggested that Oakley 'may have a problem with alcohol
It is very clear to us that Charles Oakley came to the Garden with an agenda, with a mission in mind, Dolan said
'From the moment he stepped into The Garden, from the moment he walked through the doors, he began with this behavior, abusive behavior, disrespectful behavior, stuff you don't want to say on the radio
' In April of 2017, Oakley described the incident to reporters outside a Manhattan courthouse
'I bought a ticket,' he said.'I was sitting in my seat and eight people walk up on you, and the next thing you know, you're dragged out of the Garden
It's so [disrespectful].' His problems with Dolan and the Knicks began several years earlier, according to Oakley, around the time he publicly criticized the team for signing Amar'e Stoudemire to a five-year, $99.7million contract in 2010.The feud was ultimately made public, and while Oakley claimed he tried to make peace, he and Dolan's relationship never seemed to improve
'Everybody in New York liked me except this one guy.Why is this?' Oakley told the New York Daily News in 2015
'Everywhere I talk to people — 'Why aren't you working with the Knicks?' I said I try to
They said, 'What, is it Dolan?' I talked to maybe a million people.He's a bad guy
' Oakley and Dolan were ultimately called to a meeting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NBA legend Michael Jordan, whom Oakley played alongside with the Chicago Bulls before being traded to New York for Bill Cartwright in 1988
The Knicks went 506-314 during the six-foot-eight Oakley's tenure, reaching the playoffs in each of his 10 seasons and making it to the NBA Finals in 1994
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