Two hours before tip-off of Sunday’s noon matinee 124-113 loss to the Clippers, James Dolan entered a near-empty Knicks locker room with one of his young sons. The boy immediately spotted last Sunday’s LeBron James slayer, Mario Hezonja.
“The Croatian sensation,” the youngster shouted. Dolan and his son chatted up Hezonja for a few minutes before working their way to Damyean Dotson’s stall.
Though the eccentric Knicks owner has received reams of bad press recently for his banning of a heckler and blew off a greeting from a Knicks reporter, Dolan has made an extra effort this season to ingratiate himself with the players in the locker room.