But this was the kind of spiteful response that we’ve come to expect from Dolan over the years. It’s Dolan’s team, and he certainly doesn’t have to give free tickets to Hawke if he doesn’t want to. I was like, “Wow, this is real.” So I’ve apologized publicly many times to try and get my seats again. I was like, “Oh, um, oh, why is this the first time you guys are charging me?” They said that you should have thought of that before you went on the Jimmy Fallon Show. Hawke: One person who owns (the team) … I called up one night and they said it would be $7,800. Simmons: Well, one person doesn’t like you. It’s hard to be a fan for a place that doesn’t like you. The point is that I’m not wanted and I don’t go where I’m not wanted. And, you know, the Garden’s empty.īut I have been left team-less. And instead, Mike’s on his way to the Western Conference Final. Hawke: It was absolutely incredible in the way that the organization didn’t fan the flames and let Mike do what he wanted to do. The first thing that had been exciting since Jeff Van Gundy left in the Garden with the Knicks was Linsanity. It was not over Melo, but over – there was something genuinely exciting. I really was vocal on some talk shows like this that I thought it was a huge mistake to let Mike (D’Antoni) go and I would have bet on Mike (D’Antoni) before I bet on Melo. Hawke: I’ve been a Knicks fan for a long time, but I got kicked out of the Garden. Hawke detailed how his Knicks fandom ended to Simmons. He used to call in and get free Knicks tickets - as famous people tend to do - but that all came to an end when his public comments about the Knicks angered Dolan. Hawke joined The Bill Simmons Podcast this week and discussed his Knicks falling out. That is no longer the case, and he blames Knicks owner James Dolan for his current state of team-less NBA fandom. Actor Ethan Hawke grew up in New York and once called himself a huge Knicks fan.
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