MACKENZIE SALMON: So your Knicks,
as we have this interview right now,
they're hovering around .500. STEPHEN A. SMITH: Yeah.
MACKENZIE SALMON: Not that all surprising,
but I know you're the biggest James Dolan fan.
So I'm curious if you could tell me how you think this is going
to turn out for the Knicks this year,
if you think he has any chance of turning this [INAUDIBLE]..
STEPHEN A. SMITH: I think the New York Knicks will
be good enough to get to the playoffs,
and then they'll go home in the first round.
That's just what they do, OK?
It's not going to change.
It's going to be the same old way, all right?
I stole that line from Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymooners."
It's when he's talking about his mother-in-law.
They're going to be the same old way.
That's who they are.
And with the Knicks, here's my problem.
The New York Knicks, it's not their players.
It's their organization that rots from the top down.
I'm quite sure, as I've been told as an African America,
there are an abundance of things that James Dolan
has done for African Americans.
On a very serious note, I appreciate that.
On a very serious note as a Knicks fan,
I don't care about that when it comes to him.
He gets on my last nerves because somehow,
someway he always finds ways to make headlines
for the wrong reasons.
Why is this relevant to me?
Because I happen to know the modern-day athlete
cares about that, and that plays a role
in whether or not they're attracted to your franchise.