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Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

This is all you have to know about the Dolans.

They bought MSG and its properties in the summer of 1994. One of the first deals they made after acquiring The Garden was to renegotiate Mark Messier's contract. When the Rangers traded for Messier, there was a clause that said he could renegotiate if the team won the Cup while he was there.

In Losing The Edge: The Rise And Fall of the Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers, Barry Meisel chronicles the Dolans handling of that contract negotiation:

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

That was the best laugh I've had in a while. Good does exist.

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

Maybe he thought this was an MTV Rock and Jock Jam and that if Robertson shot it from the star beyond half court, it would be worth 48 points and they'd go to overtime.

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

Disgrace...

Disgusting...

Fire Zeke...

Losers....

They're going to get their asses lit up like it's the fourth of July.

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

You might rethink that thread title and remove the expletive.

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

What fun.

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

I thought this thread was about Zeke losing posts again...

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

Probably posted elsewhere, but if you haven't seen the Onion's "Fire Isiah chant breaks out during Knicks front office meeting" it's worth checking out
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/fire_isiah_chant_breaks_out_during

 

Celtics 104 Knicks 59

HAPPY?

Zeke, you got knocked the fuuuuuuck out!

 

Re: Hey Zeke, you're getting knocked the fuck out!

From that article was this quality paragraph:

 

Re: Celtics 104 Knicks 59

You don't have to be an ass about it. Moddy and the gang have repeatedly asked people not to put expletives in the thread titles.

 

“It's not that big a deal to us," Quentin Richardson said of facing the 11-2 Celtics. “It's like the media makes more of The Big Three and all of them. We're not in awe of them. They ain't won no championships. They have a good record right now, but that don't matter. Dallas showed that [last season]."“They're not that deep of a team," Richardson said. “After those three, there's a significant dropoff."

Knicks president/coach Isiah Thomas didn't disagree with Richardson's assessment of the Celtics, though Thomas wore a grin the whole time.

“The Celtics have always had a lack of depth," he said, recalling his days with Boston arch-rival Detroit in the 1980s. “I remember when [the Pistons] were coming up, you had to beat [Robert] Parrish, [Kevin] McHale, [Larry] Bird and those guys. You always said, ‘Boy, if we could ever get to Greg Kite, we'll be OK.' But we never managed to get to Greg Kite. We always saw those three guys."

Garnett referenced these quotes after the game.