Knicks Owner James Dolan Says He's "190 Percent" Behind Phil Jackson

Knicks owner James Dolan reveals that he's "190 percent" behind Phil Jackson.

Feb 13, 2015

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Image via USA TODAY Sports/The Star Ledger

James Dolan isn't good at doing a lot of things. For example, he's not good at:


  1. Running sports organizations

  2. Interacting with fans

  3. Recording music

  4. Dealing with former players

  5. Staying awake during games

The list goes on and on and on (just ask a Knicks fan). But today, he added a new item to that list when he revealed that he's not very good at coming up with percentages for things. He was asked how much faith he has in Knicks team president Phil Jackson. And rather than saying "100 percent" or the cliché "110 percent," Dolan really tried to sell it by taking it all the way up to…

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#Knicks owner James Dolan said he is "190 percent" behind team president Phil Jackson. "Trust in Phil. I think he's going to do it."

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) February 13, 2015

190 percent?! Wow! He must be feeling really confident. Then again, Dolan is the same guy who once compared Jackson to Albert Einstein:

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#Knicks owner James Dolan on bringing in Phil Jackson to run the team: "It's like bringing in Albert Einstein to do your math homework."

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) March 18, 2014

So maybe we should all just stop relying on Dolan to critique Jackson? He's obviously not very good at doing that, either.

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[via @IanBegley]

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