OT: Jay Wright/Knicks

[Adios]

That said, there's a huge difference between leaving Butler and leaving Nova. Not that Nova has the cache of Duke or Kentucky, but they're certainly more of a draw than Butler

They're in the same conference.

When are we gonna join the new Big East!!1!?!?!?!?!?1/1/!?/1!??!/!?1

It'd be nice to have Villanova be stuck at 3 titles for a while.

 

[Scrutiner]

Spoken like someone who has never lived in the city. NYC has always been the hoops mecca despite the Knicks being mismanaged for decades. Huge high school hoops scene, MSG, the Rucker, The GOAT, Joe Hammond, Lou Alcindor, PeeWee Kirkland, Connie Hawkins, Dr. J etc.

The Knicks are still the hottest ticket despite being horrendously run for so many years, when there is a good Knicks team there is a buzz like no other. The Yankees are the most historic team in sports and had an amazing run in the late 90's but that doesn't make it a baseball town. Football is hugely popular throughout the country, NYC is one of the places it's least popular in.

Don't forget Kemba Walker....

 

[uconnphil2016]

They're in the same conference.

When are we gonna join the new Big East!!1!?!?!?!?!?1/1/!?/1!??!/!?1

It'd be nice to have Villanova be stuck at 3 titles for a while.

Well yeah, and Alabama and Vanderbilt both play football in the SEC. What's your point?

 

[Onions]

100%. It's about more than the Knicks.

No one gives a rip about the Yankees or Mets when they're bad. Their stadiums are graveyards (even going back to the late 60s with the Yanks) and their TV ratings go in the tank. The Knicks fanbase is always there, despite being one of the five-worst franchises in American sports the last 15 years. If you think The Boneyard and the Hurley thread was nuts, check out the Knicks RealGM board.

TV ratings don't tell the whole story. Baseball is running unopposed all summer while the NBA contends with the NFL, college hoops, college football, hockey and TV's Fall/Winter runs.

When the Yankees are bad they still average more fans than the Knicks do when they sell out. Even the Mets have higher attendance than the Knicks - only once in the last 30 years has Met attendance dropped to under 19K a game. Brooklyn, which is a whole other city within the city, is so crazy for baseball that the Coney Island Cyclones, the Mets rookie league team, frequently sell out. When they're winning, all sports in NY seem like they're the center of the storm.

 

[tcf15]

whaler11
superjohn

what a night

 

[HuskyHawk]

For the rest of your life. Not 365 days a year; obviously there'd be the Montauk and Malibu houses, the Tuscan villa, and that little compound in the south of France. But most of the year you'd have to live in Manhattan.

So?

No. Definitely not.

 

[August_West]

whaler11
superjohn

what a night

 

[Guapo]

What is this avatar?

 

[August_West]

What is this avatar?

Sparky the Horse

 

[Lefty2one]

When the Yankees are bad they still average more fans than the Knicks do when they sell out. Even the Mets have higher attendance than the Knicks

Are we 1:1 comparing 40k+ baseball stadiums to 18k basketball arenas?

 

[JMick]

Sparky the Horse

August is a Brony? I guess it's not that shocking

 

[August_West]

August is a Brony? I guess it's not that shocking

If you knew what that was about you would be dying.

 

[nomar]

No. Definitely not.

You're bonkers.

For that kind of money, you could literally recreate the middle of nowhere in the middle of the city. Plus, you know, have $99 billion lying around. But you be you.

 

[Mr. French]

whaler11
superjohn

what a night

What the heck happened around here?!?!?

 

[JMick]

What the heck happened around here?!?!?

They got into a pissing match about the Knicks and how popular they are in NYC lol

 

[JMick]

If you knew what that was about you would be dying.

Pool related?

 

[CL82]

whaler11
superjohn

what a night

And this morning the sun seemed a little brighter, the air a little fresher and the BY decidedly more civil.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Rocktheworld]

August is a Brony? I guess it's not that shocking

Haven’t taken a dip in the ‘pool lately I see

 

[Scoe]

I would love this but Wright is not that stupid no one wants to work for Dolan.

 

[JMick]

Haven’t taken a dip in the ‘pool lately I see

Im not allowed back lol

 

[Dogdeacon]

Knicks job is one of if not the most coveted job in the basketball coaching world. Who are you guys kidding?!?

Steve Kerr disagrees

 

[Rocktheworld]

Im not allowed back lol

Lol like the kid who had detention for recess then doesn’t get the inside jokes their friends just made over the course of recess

But damn, still banned?

 

[don356]

One good thing about the Knicks job now is that they have been so bad for so long that if you can just get them back to respectability you will be the toast of NYC. The bar has been lowered so far it's now doable.

 

[JMick]

Lol like the kid who had detention for recess then doesn’t get the inside jokes their friends just made over the course of recess

But damn, still banned?

Yes I don't think I'm ever allowed back lol

 

[Yardigan]

They're in the same conference.

When are we gonna join the new Big East!!1!?!?!?!?!?1/1/!?/1!??!/!?1

Pretty sure that's slated for the day after "never"?