This is from today's Daily News:
CLEVELAND — Three days before jury selection began in Anucha Browne Sanders' sexual harassment trial, Garden chairman James Dolan overruled Isiah Thomas and at least one other high-ranking Garden official and decided not to reach a settlement with Browne Sanders.
According to a source close to the case, Thomas, his attorneys and a Garden official felt a settlement would spare Thomas and the Knicks an embarrassing trial that could cost the franchise more than just monetary damages.
The one dissenting voice, however, was the only voice that mattered.
"Jim didn't want to settle," said the source.
Dolan's decision to proceed with the trial was a fatal mistake and one that Thomas is paying for every day. But those who know Dolan are not surprised by his decision. Dolan has never been one to back down from a public fight, no matter how messy it gets.
Dolan fought the Jets and their plans to build a stadium on the West Side. He battled the YES Network not to televise the Yankees on Cablevision and went to war with Larry Brown over the final four years of the former coach's contract.
Here is the link: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2007/11/02/2007-11-02_source_isiah_thomas_wanted_to_settle_san-2.html
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that's super shitty for isiah. as stupid as Dolan looked throughout the whole trial, isiah was really the one catch the shit end of the stick, and the whole situation could have been avoided. typical Knicks management stupidity.
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