James Dolan's reluctance to pick up Donnie Walsh's $5 million option for next season the moment the Knicks qualified for the playoffs says it all about where this shadowy situation is headed.
Instead of earning as little as that requisite reward - though a multi-year extension offer certainly wouldn't have be unreasonable - from his boss, the person most responsible for reviving the franchise's relevance got the silent treatment and the cold shoulder, at least for public consumption.
I'm sure (well, maybe) Dolan thanked Walsh for reversing the depressing talk of the town within three years of becoming Knicks president. But not doing something definitive cheapened the accomplishment.