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NFT: Knicks (well, former Knicks): Dotson, Mills hated each other

Beezer : 12/4/2020 3:50 pm
They're both gone, so it's a bit of a moot point, but found this blurb interesting.

I had mentioned a while back, a friend of BeezKid plays Call of Duty with Damyean Dotson, and Dot had shared some insider info on Mitchell Robinson's off-season/workouts and his work ethic and development (physical and skills).

A few days ago, the friend texted my son. Dotson said he'd been told not to speak of any Knicks dysfunction while with the club, but since he left, he shared with the Knicks-fan buddy that he and Steve Mills HATED each other.

One thing he shared, in particular, was how Mills one day called a bunch of the young Knicks players into a closed-door meeting and told them they were "the future of the Knicks."

Dotson was not allowed in that meeting, he said.

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I liked Dotson and think he had some upside potential, but hearing this sort of thing, I'm betting it's just the tip of the iceberg. Makes me hopeful (dare I say thankful?) that the new front office leadership will be a huge departure from this kind of crap.

Happy Friday!
Steve Mills sucks.  
Jon in NYC : 12/4/2020 3:55 pm : link
I'd rather have Dotson than Bullock still all things considered. Curious about what else was shared about Mitch.
RE: Steve Mills sucks.  
Beezer : 12/4/2020 4:02 pm : link
In comment 15066035 Jon in NYC said:
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I'd rather have Dotson than Bullock still all things considered. Curious about what else was shared about Mitch.


Jon, was a bit back ... my son's friend got an online invite to play CoD with a guy who claimed to be DD. The friend is a huge, informed Knicks fan. He quizzed the guy and determined it was really Dotson. It went from there.

In the headset, he'd work in Knicks questions here and there and Dotson told him that the rest of the team rarely if ever saw Mitchell because he was hunkered down, working exclusively with Kenny Payne. Dot said Mitch had put on ... can't recall now if it was 10 or 15 pounds of muscle, but the message was clear.

He also mentioned that Mitch and Payne didn't even sit down for meals with the other guys during whatever period of time this was. Apparently took their meals apart from others.

He painted a very serious picture. :)
Dot is not young  
nygiants16 : 12/4/2020 4:06 pm : link
so not surprising, not really my favorite player, not going to lose sleep over him being gone..
RE: Dot is not young  
Beezer : 12/4/2020 4:09 pm : link
In comment 15066044 nygiants16 said:
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so not surprising, not really my favorite player, not going to lose sleep over him being gone..


That's fair. I guess pertinent would be to know precisely when this meeting occurred. Didn't get that piece of info.
RE: RE: Steve Mills sucks.  
Jon in NYC : 12/4/2020 4:09 pm : link
In comment 15066041 Beezer said:
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In comment 15066035 Jon in NYC said:


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I'd rather have Dotson than Bullock still all things considered. Curious about what else was shared about Mitch.



Jon, was a bit back ... my son's friend got an online invite to play CoD with a guy who claimed to be DD. The friend is a huge, informed Knicks fan. He quizzed the guy and determined it was really Dotson. It went from there.

In the headset, he'd work in Knicks questions here and there and Dotson told him that the rest of the team rarely if ever saw Mitchell because he was hunkered down, working exclusively with Kenny Payne. Dot said Mitch had put on ... can't recall now if it was 10 or 15 pounds of muscle, but the message was clear.

He also mentioned that Mitch and Payne didn't even sit down for meals with the other guys during whatever period of time this was. Apparently took their meals apart from others.

He painted a very serious picture. :)


Oh right I do recall you sharing now. Thanks again!

Honestly would be great. The number of players who are long term pieces of the puzzle on the current knicks roster you can probably list on one hand. Good that Payne is putting in a lot of time with Mitch.
This  
Jon in NYC : 12/4/2020 4:17 pm : link
was just posted on twitter. Mitch looks....fat? Definitely bulkier.
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Are we sure it was really Dotson and not someone messing around  
Strahan91 : 12/4/2020 4:18 pm : link
and using Google to answer questions? I bring it up because Mitch wasn't at the voluntary workouts earlier. He was working out alone in Louisiana until recently. One of the new Knicks coaches did fly down there to work with him but it wasn't Payne, it was Woodson.
I don't think Mills was a fan of Phil Jackson,or vice versa  
ghost718 : 12/4/2020 4:52 pm : link
Remember Klutzdale's first year.Frank was showing some things in the preseason,than the regular season came,first sign of struggle he was banished.

Than he brings in Dennis Smith jr,who he probably wanted to select instead of Frank.
Mills is on a 1-year deal.  
Optimus-NY : 12/4/2020 8:55 pm : link
Will he still be the Knicks' G.M. next year?
RE: Mills is on a 1-year deal.  
steve in ky : 12/4/2020 9:08 pm : link
In comment 15066212 Optimus-NY said:
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Will he still be the Knicks' G.M. next year?


Wasn't he already fired earlier in the year?
RE: RE: Mills is on a 1-year deal.  
Optimus-NY : 12/4/2020 10:10 pm : link
In comment 15066214 steve in ky said:
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In comment 15066212 Optimus-NY said:


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Will he still be the Knicks' G.M. next year?



Wasn't he already fired earlier in the year?


Oh shit! My mistake. I'm on drugs. I was thinking of Scott Perry, not Steve Mills.
RE: Mills is on a 1-year deal.  
Optimus-NY : 12/4/2020 10:10 pm : link
In comment 15066212 Optimus-NY said:
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Will he still be the Knicks' G.M. next year?


Ignore this. I was thinking of Scott Perry. Steve Mills is yucko!! What piece of crap that guy was.
Mills was the ultimate leach, but Dolan was really to blame.  
Optimus-NY : 12/5/2020 2:41 am : link
Jimbo had him some man love for Stevie...

RE: This  
Tuckrule : 12/5/2020 6:37 am : link
In comment 15066057 Jon in NYC said:
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was just posted on twitter. Mitch looks....fat? Definitely bulkier. Link - ( New Window )


Nobody is commenting on this video??? Did anyone click the link. Jon, bulkier? He looks like a different person. I don’t want to say the word but I know what many will think. I need to see a clip of him playing ASAP.
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BigBlueShock : 12/5/2020 7:18 am : link
In comment 15066316 Tuckrule said:
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In comment 15066057 Jon in NYC said:


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was just posted on twitter. Mitch looks....fat? Definitely bulkier. Link - ( New Window )



Nobody is commenting on this video??? Did anyone click the link. Jon, bulkier? He looks like a different person. I don’t want to say the word but I know what many will think. I need to see a clip of him playing ASAP.

I was thinking the same thing about nobody even commenting. Dude looks absolutely huge in that video. Looks nothing like him
Scroll down the thread and see another picture from the sameinterview.  
Ten Ton Hammer : 12/5/2020 3:06 pm : link
Its just a bad close up.
Yeah, that closeup video was clearly stretched.  
PhiPsi125 : 12/5/2020 4:19 pm : link
There’s another picture further down that’s a bit more normal. Much ado about nothing.
RE: Scroll down the thread and see another picture from the sameinterview.  
BigBlueShock : 12/5/2020 4:22 pm : link
In comment 15066580 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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Its just a bad close up.

Thanks. Just saw the one you’re talking about. Phew...Mitch had me worried!
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