Knicks owner James Dolan is an awful, rude bully but he can't lose

The Knicks owner launched into a tirade against one of his own fans at the weekend but he doesn’t need friends

This Sunday’s New York Times included a year-long investigative article that delved into the murky world of the high end Manhattan condo market, where international billionaires have used shell companies to hide their often ill-gotten gains, including kickbacks, illicit arms sales, fraud and organized crime profits, all while dodging taxes and lining the pockets of developers. It’s an abject lesson in the inner workings of a rigged game, one in which – to the shock of absolutely no one – the uber-wealthy play by a vastly different set of rules.

Which brings us to the New York Knicks, and their utterly feckless owner, James Dolan. Coincidently, his reign has coincided with the city’s real estate boom and has similarly benefitted from a New York City-derived skewed playing field (we’ll get there in a sec).

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