Knicks fined $50,000 over feud with New York Daily News
From left, Knicks president Steve Mills, GM Scott Perry, first-round draft pick RJ Barrett, second-round draft pick Ignas Brazdeikis and coach David Fizdale during a news conference as at Madison Square Garden on Friday. Credit: Craig Ruttle
The NBA announced on Monday that it had fined the Knicks $50,000 for violating league rules regarding equal access for media outlets.
The league said the Knicks did not give access to their post-draft news conference on Friday to the Daily News while allowing other media outlets credentialed to cover the team to attend.
The Knicks issued a statement acknowledging they did not comply with the media policy, adding they had "made an error in interpreting Friday’s announcement as an invite only event. As we do throughout the year, we have and will continue to provide access to credentialed media as per the League’s policy.”
Last season the Knicks did not include the Daily News in a news conference and a conference call to which it invited other media outlets. Madison Square Garden long has had a strained relationship with the newspaper.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
