So fucking pathetic. And his son came up to get a key from Mamdani right after him, like who the f are you even

Believe me. Myself and the other Knick fans who’ve had to deal with years of crap is largely due to Dolan being foolish and/or scummy. He only got out of the way a few years ago, but until then, he always meddled and made the organization look like shit repeatedly.

almost as bad as the random city official who called our king jaylen brown wtf 😂 get these clowns offstage

Dolan hates him

Happened like 10 years ago. He had made some public criticisms of Dolan’s ownership. Oakley went to a game where Dolan claims Oakley was harassing him, so Dolan had him escorted out by security. Oakley winds up fighting with security and getting arrested, charged, and banned from the arena. Both still refuse to make up with each other.

Reposting because the original comment got nuked for not using a NP link and it’s taking me a few tries to fix it.

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Here’s a old NYTimes Article that was written when it happened.

I’ve seen a lot of reddit comments saying fuck Oakley for starting shit and “assaulting” security guards but those comments always feel like it’s coming from Dolan’s PR propaganda machine.

I’m biased but I trust Oakley WAY more than Dolan. Dolan is also known to hold grudges to anyone who “opposes” him the slightest.

Here’s a old ESPN article on Dolan/MSG banning fans for the smallest things (IE wearing a “Ban Dolan” shirt). He also bans all lawyers from law firms from MSG and his other arenas/properties if the firm are involved in a case against MSG. (even when the lawyers are not involved in the lawsuit but they just work for the firm)

A recent article from Wired about how Dolan has crazy AI face recognition technology all over his arenas.

It actually has a good blurb from Oakley in the article:

Oakley was one of the few people willing to talk on the record. Years ago, he claims, he was attending a game at MSG with his friend Anthony McNair. His former Knicks teammate, Hall-of-Famer Patrick Ewing, was the associate head coach on the opposing squad, and sought out Oakley before tip-off. The pair embraced, chatted briefly, and made plans to talk at the game’s conclusion. Oakley and McNair said they were soon approached by security, who informed Oakley he wasn’t allowed to stray from his seat or venture into areas where fans are restricted. After the final buzzer, Oakley met Ewing alone near the visitors’ locker room. There, according to Oakley, Ewing warned him about talking because listening devices were everywhere. “Don’t talk too loud,” Oakley said Ewing told him. “This place is supposed to be mic’d up.” (Ewing, now a basketball ambassador for the Knicks, did not comment on this reporting.)

Oakley wasn’t aware, but according to another MSG security source there were discussions about tracking Oakley, even as he traveled hundreds of miles away. “They wanted to have us doing covert surveillance operations on him,” the source says, referring to Oakley, “just to see where he was at, what he was doing at the time, to try to dig up something to use.” As a series of court cases would later allege, the Garden security’s staff viewed the surveillance of perceived enemies as a normal part of doing business.

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Here’s an example propaganda comments that I’m talking about:

Thread on Oakley from a few days ago

Oakley has been a clown for years now. Trying to peddle his book or whatever. The guy had a meltdown and tried to strangle a security guard rather than leaving calmly.

This is the video when he was kicked out/banned from MSG He shoves a security guard twice (which he shouldn’t have done). People are revising history to say he fucking strangled a security guard lol.

And the $15 Starbury’s I got at Steve & Barry’s

and Lance Thomas

Bro that has to be theee most random fun fact about Adams lmfao. Also the whole thing about not mentioning Armenian genocide for free flights on Turkish airlines. What a bozo

His mother was a US citizen when he was born. Neither of Mamdani’s parents were US citizens when he was born.

Well unfortunately Cruz was born to a US ctizen parent, which makes him eligible for the presidency.

Mamdani’s mom did not become a US citizen until he was 15.

The real NBA Finals

Obama’s ums are kinda iconic though, but agreed generally speaking it’s better to use less filler words

come on, we can’t hate on Obama’s public speaking voice! Obama was very calculated where Mamdani comes off as he doesn’t give af and is fully authentic. kids of different generation, but there’s no Mamdani and the way he speaks without Barry O paving the way

- an American desi growing up in the same era as Mamdani

okayyyyyyy i was with you until the “much more a political fighter”

I LOVE AOC – can’t capitalize LOVE enough here. But she’s been preparing herself for the national audience over the last few years and this has made her a bit more calculated, esp with those she fights for or endorses. She isn’t a die hard for DSA – which, idk about your political leanings, but is the origin story for both Mamdani and AOC. Granted AOC is a veteran by now and Mamdani is still a newcomer, but she’s been very careful about the fights she chooses to pick and is also constantly focused on not alienating leaders in NY – like chuckie or her colleagues who don’t always see eye to eye. Meanwhile, Mamdani is unapologetically DSA and nothing else. The only time I ever saw Mamdani not choose a political fight is when he asked Osse not to run against Hakeem Jeffries.

So not sure what your definition of “fighter” is - but i’d argue against it.

Despite what Reddit leftists stuck in their political bubble may think AOC is dead in the water outside of pockets of large coastal cities.

I think too much charisma can actually backfire post Obama on the national stage(red states wont like it). The racists and gop (redundant , i know) of the world are on the lookout for these forces. I think talarico has a great amount of charisma for the national stage. Above Clinton but below obama.

I imagine Mamdani blew some smoke up his ass about what a great job he was doing and gave him some tacky gift and Trump was immediately like, “see, this guy gets it”.

Unfortunately Trump does have a certain brand of carnie/ conman charisma that appeals to a lot of people. And he can also be pretty funny when he insults others. 

I don’t think it’s unfair to say Trump has more charisma than every other big name currently in Republican leadership, which is how he’s completely taken over the party and how he has a cult following even in other countries. 

He does/says whatever the last person that gave him a compliment told him to do or say

We aint gonna hear your side of the story, first thing we gonna do is get him ordained.