Red Mosquito

Farmer John wrote: Sun June 14, 2026 1:45 pm So happy for the Haim sisters right now

liebzz wrote: Mon June 15, 2026 1:40 pm Yeah, I don’t post a lot about sports but this one was special. I started watching basketball and the Knicks in ‘91-‘92, when Ewing and Oakley and Starks and McDaniel pushed Jordan and the Bulls to 7 games in round 2. Then they lost that series in the Eastern Conference Finals the next year when I was sure they were the better team. Then it was the Rockets, the Pacers, the Heat…Knicks never stood a chance without Ewing in the Finals in 1999 against Robinson and Tim Duncan. And then the slow descent to irrelevance. The failed full court press to bring LeBron, the miserable Isiah Thomas years, the Amare Stoudemire years where he was barely on the court, the building of a solid team only to trade them all away to get Carmelo Anthony when he was about to be a free agent anyway. The list goes on and on.

My 12 year old son knew none of that. He got into sports and basketball in particular a few years ago when the Knicks had their resurgence with Brunson, Hart, and DiVincenzo. He saw them get KAT and Bridges and some other pieces, and had all the confidence of a kid who didn’t understand that whatever they did, someone would always stand in the way of the Knicks. At the end of Game 3 of the first round against the Hawks, with the Knicks having lost 2 straight games by one point, I couldn’t help but think, “here we go again.” And I looked at my wife and with a level of emotion suggesting a full lack of belief in anything, I said “I watched this team all my life and I don’t even want this for me. I want it for him - so that he can feel some kind of magic in the world.” From that night, the Knicks went on a historic run. We watched every other night as they dismantled the Hawks, the 76ers, and then the Cavs (we went to the Garden watch party for Game 3). They were unstoppable. Then I saw they were playing the Spurs (the team I said would be near impossible to beat when the Knicks took them for the NBA Cup). Every game of the finals was a nailbiter, and watching all those no-calls, I was convinced the NBA was looking for its new face and the Knicks would once again end up on the short end. Instead, they fought through the physical play and the no-calls and still delivered every night in the series, and getting to watch my son explode in excitement at the Game 4 comeback and then winning it all in Game 5 is something I will take with me forever. Seeing my daughter also swept away in the excitement, and as an 8 year old rattling off these Knicks players like it’s drilled into her subconscious mind was wild. We had a real bonding period as a family with this team. A reminder that even if you think sports are meaningless that they provide these opportunities for something more to come of it. And for that reason, of all my favorite sports teams, this one meant the most. Seeing the Yankees win in ‘96 after 18 years was great, the Rangers win in ‘94 spectacular, the Giants improbably beating the Bills with a backup QB in ‘90 magical, the Giants taking out the behemoth that was Tom Brady and the Patriots twice similarly magical. The Knicks in ‘26 tops them all.

“Soon to be very sad Bucks fan” wrote:I hope Knicks fans are content with one.

VinylGuy wrote: Sun June 14, 2026 12:24 pm Im sure Ben Stiller is releasing a documentary

“Cheasing the dream”

4/5 wrote: Tue June 23, 2026 12:09 pmHeat got fleeced.

Monkey_Driven wrote: Tue June 23, 2026 1:45 pm

4/5 wrote: Tue June 23, 2026 12:09 pmHeat got fleeced.

It certainly seems like it. Did they watch the playoffs this year? A 4-6 guy roster is not going to get it done in this era of the NBA.

E.H. Ruddock wrote: Thu June 25, 2026 3:39 pm Lamelo to MN