My name is Chuck D.

And I've been a die-hard Knicks fan my entire life.

In the 90s, the Knicks with Ewing and Oakley and Mason and Starks were a must-watch team,

tough, talented, and fun as hell to rule for.

But over the past 20 years, though, things have fallen apart.

Welcome, everybody.

Without further ado, I'd like to introduce you to executive

chairman Madison Square Garden, Jim Dolan.

I have given this team my heart. And the Knicks told me tonight, this is done. Patrick has

been treated away to Seattle. I know Isaiah. His goal is to win the championship. The first thing I need to do is clear the clouds that's around our team. Larry Brown, he's always called me little shit. I didn't like that shit. A New York jury has called a major foul on Nick's coach and president, Isaiah Thomas. Did you become familiar with the term called retaliation? I think I understand the concept.

It was all about LeBron James' free agency. We tried to put him in a New York state of mind. I'm going to take my town to South Beach. Well, good afternoon. I like to welcome Carmelo Anthony. New York basketball is back. Bill Jackson introduced as the new president of his old team. There's no better place to win than in New York City. Carmelo will be better off somewhere else.

Messing with his star player so openly and publicly and just a full scale dumpster fire.

I'd never seen nothing like it before in my life.

As soon as I got there, I felt like, oh, something is not right.

The New York Knicks organization has pissed off the basketball gods one too many times.

They are feeling the effects of that now.

The Athletic Presents Shattered, Hope, Heartbreak, and the New York Knicks.

Shattered looks at the Knicks past 20 years of chaos and controversy under team owner James Dolan.

The series Uncovers never heard before stories about Dolan,

the Knicks, and the NBA,

with interviews from dozens of voices,

including franchise legend Patrick Ewing.

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