Knicks · Knicks owner James Dolan says Anucha Browne Sanders made up ‘a bunch’ of Isiah Thomas allegations (page 1)

In an interview with HBO set to air Tuesday on ‘Real Sports,” Knicks owner James Dolan says he believes Anucha Browne Sanders made up “a bunch” of her sexual harassment allegations against Isiah Thomas in 2007.

“I think a bunch of it she did, yes,” Dolan said.

In a two-minute clip teasing the piece, Thomas was read part of the complaint by Bryant Gumbel which indicates that Thomas sexually harassed Browne Sanders and called her a “bitch” and a “ho.”

“Never happened,” an uncomfortable looking Thomas tells Gumbel.

Dolan, who was also sued by Browne Sanders, said he decided not to settle for a few hundred thousand dollars because “the fighter in me came out.”

“I’m not going to settle because that’s an admission of guilt and we’re not guilty,” Dolan added.

Thomas was ultimately found liable for harassment and Dolan cut her a check for $11.5 million.

Dolan then raised more than a few eyebrows when he re-hired Thomas to run the WNBA’s New York Liberty.

Told that that was considered a slap in the face of the Liberty’s fans, Thomas said, “We totally understood that, got it, accepted it. And not only accepted it, but respected their thoughts, their feelings around this issue.”

Dolan was crushed by the media, called “tone deaf,” “repugnant” and more.

“Terrible, what do you want me to say about it?” Dolan asked. “It’s worse than I imagined.”

Meantime, many around the Knicks speculate that Thomas could ultimately replace Knicks President Phil Jackson when he rides off into the sunset in the next few years despite Thomas’ previous failed tenure running the Knicks.

Asked to grade himself for that tenure, Thomas said, “Maybe a C- to a D.”

“Isiah’s a guy who doesn’t believe in his limitations and I’m a guy who doesn’t believe in his limitations,” Dolan said of the similarities between the two men.

Thomas doesn’t deny that he would like to get back into the NBA at some point.

“I’m going to do the best job that I possibly can do here and that’s it,” he said in May. “You never know where you’re going to end up.”

Leave our precious Zeke and Straight Shot singer alone, they're stand-up morally incorruptible people.

I don't like the timing of this. I didnt see the piece, but Im waiting for the other shoe to drop. Dont believe they just decided to do an interview together without something else in the works. Hope Im wrong.

GustavBahler wrote:"Tone deaf" and "repugnant" describes someone who tried to install a sexual harrasser, a failed executive at every level, and a man willing to throw his own daughter under the bus to save his reputation, as the owner of a women's pro basketball team.

I don't like the timing of this. I didnt see the piece, but Im waiting for the other shoe to drop. Dont believe they just decided to do an interview together without something else in the works. Hope Im wrong.

i can't blame you for being suspicious. these two sick clowns always find a way to destroy and ruin.

arkrud wrote:I think Dolan is working on Isiah as backup plan if Phil experiment will break down for some reason.
Hi will work as Knicks GM/Coach for free at this point to get back all the way.
Not sure if any respectable fans will remain in fold.
I will switch rooting for some Latvian team if Isiah will somehow get back into NBA.

if Isiah would become our GM nobody is gonna jump ship.

And, I could already see the post "Isiah is a different guy now", "Isiah knows more basketball then all of us have forgotten put together", etc ...

mreinman wrote:

arkrud wrote:I think Dolan is working on Isiah as backup plan if Phil experiment will break down for some reason.
Hi will work as Knicks GM/Coach for free at this point to get back all the way.
Not sure if any respectable fans will remain in fold.
I will switch rooting for some Latvian team if Isiah will somehow get back into NBA.

if Isiah would become our GM nobody is gonna jump ship.

And, I could already see the post "Isiah is a different guy now", "Isiah knows more basketball then all of us have forgotten put together", etc ...

You're forgetting Isiah is the greatest evaluator of talent in NBA history...

Never question the basketball aptitude and guile of the pioneering owner of the Continental Basketball Association! Without his expert management of the CBA, we may never have seen the NBDL and the likes of Jeremy Lin and Langston Galloway!

All praise the lord.

foosballnick wrote:I'm thinking how stupid can these two be? Why very publicly bash Sander's credibility after she won the case? Too much Ego and not enough Public Relations prep prior to this interview. Defamation lawsuit waiting to happen.

This people are what they are and they will not going to change.
So everything which associated with them is going to fail.
There is no way out of it.
The only people who will be able to stay around them are people of the same breed.
Cockroaches in the bottle...

Shameful.

crzymdups wrote:
probably talking about the liberty and trying to give isiah credit for their playoffs run and debunk the sexual harrassment lawsuit, i'd guess?

the latter seems truly truly shitty, if it happens (and i'm pretty sure it will)

i hope anucha can sue them again if they talk shit about her (and i'm pretty sure they'll try)

god, i hate these guys.

http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topi...

ChuckBuck wrote:

mreinman wrote:

arkrud wrote:I think Dolan is working on Isiah as backup plan if Phil experiment will break down for some reason.
Hi will work as Knicks GM/Coach for free at this point to get back all the way.
Not sure if any respectable fans will remain in fold.
I will switch rooting for some Latvian team if Isiah will somehow get back into NBA.

if Isiah would become our GM nobody is gonna jump ship.

And, I could already see the post "Isiah is a different guy now", "Isiah knows more basketball then all of us have forgotten put together", etc ...

You're forgetting Isiah is the greatest evaluator of talent in NBA history...

True, but you forgot further gems this elite talent evaluator unearthed:

“Can you envision any scenario where Isiah makes it back to the Knicks?” Bryant Gumbel asks.

“No,” Dolan responds. “For starters, I can’t imagine having a better [management] team as I have with the Knicks right now. … Even if there was no Phil [Jackson] or no Steve [Mills], I would not do it.”

In the HBO clip, Dolan says: “There’s 29 teams, right, out there in the NBA, any one of which would be an easier assignment than this one. I don’t think that the New York market would ever give him a fair chance at this. And I can’t imagine why that would be … what would make it worthwhile.”

http://nypost.com/2015/10/20/edited-out-...

crzymdups wrote:This is the important part to me: Dolan said Isiah would not be hired back to the Knicks again in any capacity. Not shockingly HBO edited this part out.

“Can you envision any scenario where Isiah makes it back to the Knicks?” Bryant Gumbel asks.

“No,” Dolan responds. “For starters, I can’t imagine having a better [management] team as I have with the Knicks right now. … Even if there was no Phil [Jackson] or no Steve [Mills], I would not do it.”

In the HBO clip, Dolan says: “There’s 29 teams, right, out there in the NBA, any one of which would be an easier assignment than this one. I don’t think that the New York market would ever give him a fair chance at this. And I can’t imagine why that would be … what would make it worthwhile.”

http://nypost.com/2015/10/20/edited-out-...

"Can't imagine" just means that Dolan and Isiah haven't thought of an angle to sell Isiah's return yet, in some capacity.

Watching these guys together is like watching Saddam Hussein and Satan on South Park.

crzymdups wrote:This is the important part to me: Dolan said Isiah would not be hired back to the Knicks again in any capacity. Not shockingly HBO edited this part out.

“Can you envision any scenario where Isiah makes it back to the Knicks?” Bryant Gumbel asks.

“No,” Dolan responds. “For starters, I can’t imagine having a better [management] team as I have with the Knicks right now. … Even if there was no Phil [Jackson] or no Steve [Mills], I would not do it.”

In the HBO clip, Dolan says: “There’s 29 teams, right, out there in the NBA, any one of which would be an easier assignment than this one. I don’t think that the New York market would ever give him a fair chance at this. And I can’t imagine why that would be … what would make it worthwhile.”

http://nypost.com/2015/10/20/edited-out-...

It will be a line of other NBA teams to get this "great" man to lead the organization...

smackeddog wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

mreinman wrote:

arkrud wrote:I think Dolan is working on Isiah as backup plan if Phil experiment will break down for some reason.
Hi will work as Knicks GM/Coach for free at this point to get back all the way.
Not sure if any respectable fans will remain in fold.
I will switch rooting for some Latvian team if Isiah will somehow get back into NBA.

if Isiah would become our GM nobody is gonna jump ship.

And, I could already see the post "Isiah is a different guy now", "Isiah knows more basketball then all of us have forgotten put together", etc ...

You're forgetting Isiah is the greatest evaluator of talent in NBA history...

True, but you forgot further gems this elite talent evaluator unearthed:

Those are some quality pickups right there! Could build a 82 win juggernaut with that much talent.

Curry alone is worth the price of admission.

wargames wrote:I am going to glass half full this and assume doing boneheaded things like this is his response to having more free time now that Phil is running the organization for him. As long as he's leaving Phil alone to do his job I hope he can do as many interviews as he wants to keep himself occupied.

Interesting perspective...he should still know better.

WaltLongmire wrote:

wargames wrote:I am going to glass half full this and assume doing boneheaded things like this is his response to having more free time now that Phil is running the organization for him. As long as he's leaving Phil alone to do his job I hope he can do as many interviews as he wants to keep himself occupied.

Interesting perspective...he should still know better.

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