Jim Dolan, Cablevision and Knicks owner, incompetent fool.
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I get that Dolan -- a monopolist who owns a lousy cable television franchise that profits regardless of its appalling level of service -- may be so far removed from the customers who pay to watch his underachieving team that he perhaps doesn't grasp the potency of Linsanity. Maybe he spends so little time outside of his Dick Cheney-like lair that he really doesn't understand how Lin and his remarkable story made dumpy Madison Square Garden an enthralling place to be for the first time in many, many years.
What bothers me is the much-repeated talk that Dolan opted not to match the Rockets' offer because he felt betrayed by Lin's willingness to get himself the best deal he could, as if the young point guard owed it to owner who, despite the odds against him, gave him a shot at the global stage.
Betrayal? As most reports have it, Lin signaled from the outset of his free agency that he wanted to return to the Knicks and was willing to sign a deal for four years and $24 million or so. But the Knicks told him to first get himself another offer from another suitor. They preferred to let the market set the price. Lin complied, the market inflated his value. And this appears to have convinced Dolan that Lin is a terrible person, a greedy conniver, and an ingrate.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/botched-linsanity-knicks_n_1684476.html
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