{"id":150520,"date":"2020-06-02T11:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=150520"},"modified":"2020-06-02T11:32:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:32:05","slug":"knicks-players-reporteldy-furious-over-lack-of-public-statement-about-george-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/knicks-players-reporteldy-furious-over-lack-of-public-statement-about-george-floyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks players reporteldy furious&#8217; over lack of public statement about George Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Knicks players and employers are furious that the team has not made any public statement about George Floyd.<br \/>\nMSG owner James Dolan reached out to his employees with an email explaining the organization\u2019s decision to stay silent.<\/p>\n<p>James Dolan sent out an internal email on Monday addressing why the organization has stayed silent.<\/p>\n<p>The email is below:<\/p>\n<p>We know that some of you have asked about whether our company is going to make a public statement about the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. I want you to know, I realize the importance of the issue. Therefore, I want you to understand our internal position. <\/p>\n<p>This is a turbulent time in our country. The coronavirus and civil unrest have taken their toll on our way of life. We at Madison Square Garden stand by our values of a respectful and peacful workplce. We always will. <\/p>\n<p>As companies in the business of sports and entertainment we are not any more qualified than anyone else to offer our opinion on social matters. What&#8217;s important is how we operate. Our companies are committed to upholding our values, which include creating a respectful workplace for all, and that will never change. What we say to each other matters. How we treat each other matters. And that&#8217;s what will get us through this difficult time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m told that Knicks players and employees are furious that the team hasn&#39;t made a public statement about George Floyd. And I just obtained the e-mail that owner Jim Dolan sent to MSG employees today defending the organization&#39;s decision to stay silent: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xG1BA7tV5V\">pic.twitter.com\/xG1BA7tV5V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PabloTorre\/status\/1267617848207249411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Dolan sent out an internal email on Monday addressing why the organization has stayed silent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[5135,1025],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-150520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-james-dolan","tag-new-york-knicks"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150520"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=150520"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=150520"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=150520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}