James Dolan resigned his positions on the league’s Board of Governors’ influential advisory/finance and media committees earlier than launching the New York Knicks’ lawsuit in opposition to the Toronto Raptors, in keeping with a memo obtained by ESPN.

“Given all that has occurred these days, I’ve come to the conclusion that the NBA neither wants nor desires my opinion,” Dolan wrote in a July memo to Silver that he copied to the opposite 29 league house owners.

Dolan additionally knowledgeable Adam Silver and his friends of his intentions to not attend Board of Governor conferences. Knicks common counsel Jamaal Lesane is now representing the franchise at Board of Governor Conferences.

“My hope is that the Knicks might be handled equally and pretty as all different NBA groups,” Dolan mentioned within the memo. “… As , I’m very busy with all my duties at MSG household of corporations. I want to use my time the place I could be most efficient.”

Dolan has change into more and more vital of the NBA and Silver over the previous few years.