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Lupica: Dolan shows he's bad company

Lupica: Dolan shows he's bad company

You hear a lot about the talent agency CAA these days when the subject is the Knicks, how the geniuses running the Garden want very much to be in business with CAA, which represents some star basketball players. Here is a bulletin for the geniuses: No talent agency in this world ever built a basketball power. Smart basketball men do that. The Knicks had one in Donnie Walsh and let him walk out the door Friday.

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