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Opinion: James Dolan's Ego Overshadows Knicks' NBA Finals Coverage

Ray Flook

8d ago· 4 min readenOpinion

Summary

The article criticizes James Dolan, owner of MSG Networks, for making the NBA Finals coverage about himself rather than the game. Using the legal concept "fruit of the poisonous tree," the author argues that Dolan's controversial actions and management style have tainted the Knicks' success and the network's coverage of the Finals. The piece is an opinionated critique of Dolan's ego and its negative impact on the team's media presence.

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Bleeding CoolOpinion: James Dolan's Ego Overshadows Knicks' NBA Finals Coveragebleedingcool.com

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Try as the New York Knicks might, there was no way that MSG Networks head James Dolan wasn't going to make the NBA Finals all about him.

Fruit of the poisonous tree... means that if an action is taken that's illegal or unconstitutional, any evidence that stems from it isn't legally admissible in court.

That concept pretty much applies to what's going on with the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio.

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There's a legal expression that you may have heard of: "Fruit of the poisonous tree." Basically, in non-lawyer speak, it means that if an action is taken ("tree") that's illegal or unconstitutional ("poison"), any evidence that stems from it ("fruit") isn

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