A Blown Knee & Flat Tires-Another NY Pothole Year: 17-18 Knicks Season Thread

[Mr. Jack Napier]

I'm sure OKC owners have #ImWithHer stickers on their cars

By contrast, just three owner pairs gave a total of $10,800 to President Donald Trump directly; his joint fundraising committee drew just over $869,000. That bucks a general historical trend—since 1989, NBA owners have donated just under $21.6 million to Republicans and $10.4 million to Democrats in congressional and presidential elections.

It was Richard DeVos, founder of Amway and owner of the Orlando Magic, who led the pack in spending among NBA owners in 2016. He and his wife, Helen, donated $3.9 million to Republican election efforts. They skirted Trump in the primary, giving $250,000 each to super PACs supporting Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, and Carly Fiorina. (They also donated directly to Cruz, Bush and Scott Walker.) DeVos added another $750,000 to a super PAC started by the Trump-averse conservative Koch network, Freedom Partners Action Fund. But DeVos came around to Trump in the general election with a $70,000 check to his joint fundraising committee, Trump Victory. His daughter-in-law, Betsy DeVos, now serves as Trump’s education secretary.

Contributions to Trump’s election effort came from just three team owner pairs: Peter and Julianna **** of the San Antonio Spurs, James Dolan of the New York Knicks, and DeVos. **** was the biggest Trump booster; he and his wife donated just under $500,000 to Trump’s joint fundraising committee, of which Trump received $5,400; the rest went to GOP party committees. Not far behind was Dolan, who gave $300,000, $2,700 going into Trump’s coffers.

Try again.

 

[nyknick]

Try again.

Ok, I'll try.

Clayton Bennett and Aubrey McClendon, Oklahoma City Thunder
There are few sports acts more despicable than buying a team, promising you really want to keep it where it is and trying to extort every last cent out of a city when you have every intention of moving at the first opportunity.

After purchasing the Seattle SuperSonics in 2006, Bennett and McClendon declared that Seattle's arena was insufficient for the team's future needs and demanded over $500 million in public funds for a new one. When Seattle balked, Bennett and Co. hunkered down for a protracted legal fight. Meanwhile, McClendon committed a classic gaffe, if you're referring to the politicaldefinition of gaffe: when someone says what they really think. While he went on to aspire to "break[ing] even" on a future project in Seattle (i.e. socializing all construction costs, privatizing all profit), he stated, "We didn't buy the team to keep it in Seattle." And they didn't. (NBA Commissioner David Stern fined McClendon for saying he was doing what everyone already knew he was doing.) Later e-mails divulged plans to move the team were hatched before it was even purchased.

There's really nothing else you need to say about a group of rutting slop-pigs like this. But, in a pinch, you could add a couple things. One, Bennett and McClendon benefited from $120 million in corporate welfare from Oklahoma City to improve the arena and build a practice facility. Two, both Bennett and McClendon are heavy Republican donors, with McClendon making his fortune on fracking and screwing landowners out of royalties as they sit above the toxic sludge, then spending the proceeds on climate-change denialism and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign.
The 15 Worst Owners in Sports

 

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

:philjacksonlol: Brehs, I need y’all to go out there and a support a nikka.




:philjacksonlol: That Asian fakkit @Asianthoughts is talking shyt about a nikka, saying my own Knicks fam don’t support me and all that. So, I need y’all to go and vote for me.




Here’s the thread: The Official 2017 Poster Of The Year Award Nomination & Voting Thread (Poll open)




In advance, brehs... @Ironman @KologeroBx @Columbo @DPresidential @storyteller @ogc163 @GetInTheTruck @mbewane @Rev @Ironman @Danie84 @Typical NY Fan @seemorecizzy @Miles Davis @qnsfinest @jadden @puggle @K-Deini @ProlificLurker @OneManGang @BoogieDown23

Voted for you, negged him

Vote for this man, you know his posts and phil smileys changed your fukking life for the better

 

[The War Report]

KP needs a PG that can make life easier for him.

 

[KnickstapeCity]

James Dolan is already donating to get President Trump re-elected

Of course Dolan donates to Trump he can relate to being a spoiled, fat, incompetent loser whose only real achievement is coming out his evil father's nut sack and then failing upward.

Trump is Dolan's soul brother..... or at least whatever they have that is a placeholder for a soul.

fukking fat cornballs got to stick together cause no one else likes them.

Link me to one of his posts, i cant seem to find any of his posts

But id be more then happy to neg that faggit for you breh

Voted for you, negged him

Vote for this man, you know his posts and phil smileys changed your fukking life for the better

Brehs for being there for a nikka and helping a nikka close the gap!




We can do it, brehs!




@nyknick @radio rahiem @Fenian @Danie84 @Stop_It_5 @GunRanger @Shogun @ikbm @Ty-Fife @SprinceC @ZackMorris @Dip @DoubleClutch @Mr. Jack Napier @Jmare007 @playboyric @No Disrespect @Oso @I.V. @Ben Lurkin





Here’s the thread: please vote, brehs!




The Official 2017 Poster Of The Year Award Nomination & Voting Thread (Poll open)

 

[Bobby Lashleys eyebrows]

Wait, Dolan is a trump supporter? I can't if so.

 

[Rev]

Just realized tomorrow is the first Frank vs. Dennis Smith Jr. showdown.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Brehs for being there for a nikka and helping a nikka close the gap!




We can do it, brehs!




@nyknick @radio rahiem @Fenian @Danie84 @Stop_It_5 @GunRanger @Shogun @ikbm @Ty-Fife @SprinceC @ZackMorris @Dip @DoubleClutch @Mr. Jack Napier @Jmare007 @playboyric @No Disrespect @Oso @I.V. @Ben Lurkin





Here’s the thread: please vote, brehs!




The Official 2017 Poster Of The Year Award Nomination & Voting Thread (Poll open)

All the sh*t you gave me, and now you want my vote huh?

 

[RickyGQ]

Brehs for being there for a nikka and helping a nikka close the gap!




We can do it, brehs!




@nyknick @radio rahiem @Fenian @Danie84 @Stop_It_5 @GunRanger @Shogun @ikbm @Ty-Fife @SprinceC @ZackMorris @Dip @DoubleClutch @Mr. Jack Napier @Jmare007 @playboyric @No Disrespect @Oso @I.V. @Ben Lurkin





Here’s the thread: please vote, brehs!




The Official 2017 Poster Of The Year Award Nomination & Voting Thread (Poll open)

I would have voted but you didn’t even include my @...


Just kidding... voted anyway

 

[El Bombi]

It's Time

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

@Mr. Jack Napier im a need u to go ahead and not come in here anymore breh. U straight up disrespecting Knicks fans and the team every chance you get. U out here for years breh

Now u acting like scorned chick. Throwing shots in other threads.... shyt ain’t woah breh

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

@Mr. Jack Napier im a need u to go ahead and not come in here anymore breh. U straight up disrespecting Knicks fans and the team every chance you get. U out here for years breh

Now u acting like scorned chick. Throwing shots in other threads.... shyt ain’t woah breh

What the fukk are you talking about

Get out your feelings

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

What the fukk are you talking about

Get out your feelings

What have you become?

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

What have you become?

You still ain't say what you was referring to

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Rookie matchup tonight brehs. Get ready for exaggerated narratives regardless of the outcome.