Manhattan Strip Clubs: Arenas to Knicks? Walsh says wait and see
… I would assume they are going to go out and try to develop it, because they have to develop the market. That’s what I had to do with [Ron] Artest and Stephen [Jackson],” Walsh told ESPN.com. “I mean, nobody’s going to call you up and say ‘I want the guy.’ So you’ve got to call up, and it takes time.”
Walsh said the situation was comparable to the time when he was president of the Indiana Pacers and was forced by ownership to trade Artest after the infamous Palace brawl, and again after Jackson was arrested for firing a handgun outside a strip club. (Jackson eventually pleaded guilty to a felony and was suspended for 7 games, the league office apparently deciding that his actions were not egregious enough to merit the minimum 10-game suspension mandated in the collective bargaining agreement for any player convicted of a violent felony.)
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