The Knicks Suffered For Two Decades To Find Success 

The Knicks proved that NBA teams always have a chance to come back with good leadership

Back in 2018 I was in LA and the cab driver asked me about what team I like and I said that I'm a Lakers fan and things aren't looking great. He said, "You think you're struggling? Try being a Knicks fan all your life like me." We talked a lot about growing up with basketball and loving it at a young age and I told him that I hope that he can be happy with them again and he said, "It's probably never happening." I think of that guy now when I see how fun it is watching the comradery of this squad. I hope that guy is having the time of his life with this Knicks team.

I’m a Celtics fan, but I’m also a fan of the NBA. If the Knicks beat us in the ECF, I’m rooting for them in the finals. A Knicks championship would be good for the league

As a '99 knicks baby this year is all I ever wanted. Growing up in a upstate sports bar it was 82 games of pain a year. Thank you Knicks you gave me a smile for the first time naming my first born son Donte Hart Quinn in honor of this team 😢

So proud of my boys. From getting clowned my entire childhood for being a Knicks fan to this. Amazing.

As a diehard Knicks Fan, we’re obsessed w/ hard working teams with chemistry, compared to just throwing together a super team. If this team can get healthy & add one more player, we can be legit Finals contenders!

As a bulls fan, I stand with the Knicks

So happy for the Knicks. I wish they maintain this for the foreseeable future.

I'VE BEEN A KNICKS FAN SINCE I WAS A KID, THE MARBURY ERA WAS TERRIBLE, SO WAS THE MELO ERA, NOW WE WINNING AGAIN THANK LEON ROSE FOR BEING SMART AND PUTTING THIS ROSTER TOGETHER, JALEN BRUNSON IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO NEW YORK SINCE PATRICK EWING, YES IT WAS HARD BEING A KNICKS FAN BUT I STUCK WITH THEM ALL THE TIME AND NOW WE MAY GO THE ECF YES IT WAS WORTH WAIT LET'S GO KNICKS!!!!

I dont think Randle hardly get any recognition that he deserves. Knicks fans take him for granted but picking him up and his ability to just show up and provide consistency was huge after years of volatility in the rosters with players being so inconsistent. I hope we can run this back next year with healthy Randle and build on this even more

The Knicks are finally relevant and making smart moves for basically the first time in my life and I’m 29 now lmao. It’s good to be able to enjoy playoff basketball.

I hope Knicks would one day be NBA champs soon

Another Thursday, another Andy Hoops banger 🔥

The beauty is they also have a lot of trade assets with their own picks, other team picks, plenty of seconds and a good range of contract sizes. A lot of teams burn their assets and barely make it past the first round .

Genuinely the most fun team to watch in the playoffs. Their off ball movement combined with their willingness to crash the boards makes them so enjoyable to watch.

I love to see Knicks win a chip with Tom, Tom can tap into everyone potential. At the same time his philosophy can run you down hard if you’re not bought into it mentally.

As Laker fan who's spoiled with so many Superstars and have witnessed my team won so many championships, I'm happy to see the Knicks have a winning culture 🙌

You fucking jinxed it. I knew as soon as this vid came out that the Knicks were gonna lose. Dammit man

Love this Knicks team, they’ve been the most entertaining team in this playoffs and it’s not even close

Been a diehard fan since I was old enough to root for them in the late 90’s… literally brought to tears after some of these games 😂 so much suffering and heartache. There’s no team in professional sports that deserves this more… LET’S GO KNICKS

Love to see them thriving 🫡

Been a fan since the 90s, I missed this feeling.the knickerbockers are back in full effect💯🔶🏀🔷

Finally you make a video on this team’s success

Bro I love you for showing love to my team I’ve been a Knicks fan since 6 grade and Melo Knicks was my high point 🥺👀this the first time I will see them make the CF if they do we’ve been stuffing enough

I have so much respect for the Knicks now. Their players embody the city to a T and overall feel organic despite all of the important players being acquired through trades and free agency. Detroit needs something like this but unfortunately aren’t the biggest market

Finally here before 15 comments. Keep going Andy. Long time subscriber.

James Dolan meddling and putting yes men in charge crippled the Knicks for about 15 years. What really "kicked off" the Knicks new winning era was Dolan stepping away from the meddling. In 2015 Dolan finally stepped away from "meddling" in the team's operations and that slowly turned things around. However, it didn't result in major success from 2015-2019 because Dolan put Phil Jackson in charge. Phil was given full autonomy to build the team but it didn't work because Phil's ideas were out of date for a mid 2010's NBA. Then the true beginning of the turn around began when Scott Perry smartly pivoted away from the KD/Kyrie/Zion "big 3" and just smartly signed Randle to a team friendly 2 year deal with a team option followed by signing a bunch of younger players to 1 year deals with 1 year team options. It took a couple of years but the Knicks just kept drafting and Perry was the first GM in 35 years to put the team in a better position than when he found it. Perry handed over Leon Rose a team that was full of young ascending players and had all of their draft selections and some extra picks. The team also had no bad contracts and cap space/flexibility. Leon Rose then took that solid foundation and built on top of that and the rest is history.

As a knick Fan, I’m happy to see this 👏🏽🤝🏽

I agree. They remind me of a better version of the 2010s Grizzles. Or the Rose/Noah Bulls.

Andy couldn't wait for a time to come that he could make this video 😊

The Knicks have really bounced back into consistency and the rosters have been competitive leading to good playoff success

This aged like fine wine 😁😂

I'm a 96' baby so I've watched this team suffer for about 20 years. I'm absolutely in love with this team right now. I have hope again, Brunson will bring a ring to NY I 100% believe it

Please don't jinx us 🙏🏽. I been a Knicks fan since 1992. Sadly this is the happiest I've been since 94.

Great video A.H.the knicks are on they to win a championship if not this year next year I really hope so.GO KNICKS

I think the Knicks will win an NBA championship with this group at some point.. I've been watching the Knicks for 34 years I have never seen a player like Brunson play for our team. I think he has passed melo , hasn't passed Ewing yet but he's getting there.

This team is my third favorite in the whole league after the Spurs and the Nuggets. A Nuggets-Knicks finals would be awesome. Both teams are just so much fun to watch.

Andy, you are a Knicks fan too, right?? Rejoice!!! I have been a Knicks fan since '98, when I was watching morning replays of basketball games, since In Spain we are +6 hours and all games were played in the early AMs. I was 7 back then, and it was the Heat vs Knicks series where we beat them in 5 with so much HEART and GRIT and TOUGHNESS that I became a die hard fan of this team. Next year to the finals, and then conf. finals the year after..... and then disaster.... Eddy Curry, Michael Sweetney, Jared Jeffreys, Chris Duhon, ufffff. The Melo days were also awful for the the potential team development we gave up to bring Melo. Now we are back!!! Finally!!

Orange and Blue Skys!! The Knicks are good for the future 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙

But can we appriciate NY Knicks crowd, NYC might be only metropolis that has such passionate and strong support in all of sports and ex Knicks legend are always there expecially John Starks who would not need second time asking to suit up for few minutes, he is eletric in every game in possesion

My Guy Andy Made A Knicks Video Been Waitin On This Day 😂🤔

When we say “NEW YORK KNOWS BASKETBALL” we mean that the majority of us in NY, actually KNOW the game, we grew up playing basketball, it’s the most popular sport in NYC. So when there’s bad calls, missed calls, etc, we actually react to these things. Many fanbases are like “ what happened? Why’d they blow the whistle ?” 😂

Good watch, glad I checked it out. Go Knicks!

Great video! I def think the Knicks will win a championship soon I feel it coming

It refreshing to see teams building up with effective role players all around instead of stupid big 3 and the rest are useless

New York Knicks, Baby!

The NBA is a better place when then the garden is rocking. Rooting for them to come out the east.

Never thought I'll see a competitive Knicks in my lifetime

Been a fan since 06. Trust, it’s been rough 😮‍💨

I know these playoffs like one-third of the roster broke down with injuries; but hopefully they all come back next season, to prove to the league how good they are.

My best and favorite move from rose and thibbs was how they okie doked thr entire league by keeping the guy who they wanted in mcbride on the bench while giving rj grimes and iq all the mins so they could trade those guys later in 2 individual trades vs 1 while keeping mcbride who i am convinced was who they wanted all along

Precious should be included in the toronto trade part. He has provided a surprising level of skill and growth in his short time with the knicks.

I used to clown on the Knicks for being a laughingstock but lately I can't help but respect what they're doing. They are making the right moves to become respectable and at times fun to watch. Really hope the rest of the league follows suit

It’s wild to think it’s been 51 Years since they last won a title. Development and talent has helped the Knicks in the last 2-3 seasons, Leon Rose and Thibs got get their flowers in a certain way due to even with injuries to key pieces(Randle, Robinson) they’ve been able to perserve. Not even a Knicks fan, but they make me tune in to their games.

Julius Randle is still a polarizing player.

That stab at porzingis was so out of pocket

Jalen Brunson already has made the 2nd round twice in as many seasons than Melo did in 6 years with the Knicks.

Great achievement so far indeed. But we need a championship. Go knicks.

I also love that the team has 3 teammates that have already played together for 3 years but won together also it’s fun to watch and I’m not a knicks fan

He's backkkkkkkkk

Criminal disrespect not to give Josh Hart his credit. Best roleplayer in the game.

Everywhere I see pundits drooling over a Boston, Denver matchup. I hope NY puts them in their place.

Im so proud of this team. So glad I did not quit rooting for the Knicks during the Marcus Morris era.

This is when I really knew Leon Rose knows what he’s doing. After the trade he IMMEDIATELY signs deuce to a contract extension, which honestly saved us millions

GREAT video man! And I have become a fan of this scrappy, tough Knicks fan. That being said, they’re not a legit championship contender yet. They struggled against a Sixers team with a one-legged Embiid and are having a tough time getting past a Pacers team that plays zero defense and with a star (Haliburton) who at times does not show up. IF they make it to the ECF, I don’t see them winning more than 1-2 games against the Cs.

It's a hit or miss, this is how the way basketball works! Not all the time is a gem, some are pretentious wannabe and some are one of a kind!

And I indured all the bullsh#t for the m decades but I never folded stayed a fan and wasn't scared to tell anybody 😎

Every time a big market team in any sport gets good after years in the wilderness people love to talk about how "it's good for the league when x team is good" The Knicks are the only team I think it's *actually* true of

If Healthy The Knicks can Defend compete for the Title

Hi im a Wolves fan and we're about to get Eliminated by the Defending Champions. At least the Knicks have been to the Playoffs last decade consistently and have higher expectations compared to us lol

To see the Knicks have the success they’re having with Jalen Brunson leading the way is amazing to see.

I'm a miami heat fan, but honestly I'm happy for the new york Knicks. Gotta respect them because the front office is starting to do something right

I really liked Melo. Dude wanted to be here which was rare. Unfortunately he gutted the team to get here. In that era i loved Amare most because he signed here as a free agent and that means something to me. Same with Randle and Brunson now. Them choosing us when no one else would means a ton as a fan.

Whooops

They remind me a lot of the 2000's pistons with Chauncey, Rip, Tayshaun, Rasheed, and Ben. No superstars, just a bunch of guys playing together and playing for each other. Some say they're one superstar away, but which superstar nowadays even plays this hard? willing to sacrifice their body and all that intangibles and compete for the city and for the team? No one, not in this load management era.

I want you to put the word out there that we back up.

Carmelo on this team would be crazy

That is, if you consider losing in game seven, success

Another amazing Andy hoops banger video and for Knicks fans like me have suffered way too long and hopefully we can finally make the eastern conference finals, but I’m really really disappointed nor not surprised that Draymond Green saying that the Knicks season this year has been a fluke. this is not the same team that’s the Knicks have been through the last several years

i am knicks fan..❤ go! we got this!!

The Melo era was handled poorly not because of him but bc of management attempting to make Bargnani work which was a huge mistake bc it didnt work with the players there. Chandler got hurt and KP's injury did them in. Wrong the Knicks were not willing to trade the amount of 1st rd picks to get Mitchell and that was a great move

Picking Divincencio was the wisest thing the Knicks did

I've said this many times over, and, this goes in the universe: the Knicks will win a championship before my light distinguishes.

The knicks,thunder and heat no joke shows that the power of friendship does actually work

As a bigtime pacers fan, I wish they were healthy. This series is a lose lose for us. And the knicks are really freaking good when healthy amd play so damn hard. probably would have waxed the pretty boy celtics at full strength

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It's good to see Knicks back! but i see 3 problems that maybe hurt in the future: 1. This decent playoff run gonna be problem for Knicks in the future. Why? Because they are playing without Randle and without Randle they are already this good, idk in the future what's gonna be(they either trade him or keep him) but i still see this as a problem 2. if i recall, coach Thibs is known as only 5/6 man roster even in D Rose era. Meaning that coach only playing 5 or 6 guys and dont let them rest. I know that 6 players are the only guys that "good" but you gotta make rotation otherwise players gonna be fatigue and lead this to the injury(hope this is not gonna happen). At least, for role players, they are assigned to buy a time, playing PnR, etc(idk their strat) 3. Next offseason they gotta resign Isaiah Hartenstein and add more firepower player so the coach can make a rotation(basically the solution of number 2) xD but in the other hand good job to Knicks!

champs soon as healthy esp if they cont to add this offseason

The marbury era wasn't even bad compared to the Scott Layden era

From what I've seen so far it appears Jalen Brunson is better than Donavon Mitchell

This video does a really good job for casual fans, but real hoopheads knew a lot of this stuff.

The melo disrespect is egregious

I would argue the worst era for being a Knicks fan was the Phil Jackson/Steve Mills era. They blew up a 2 seed for people like Lou Amundson, Kyle O’Quinn, terrible signings like Calderon, terrible draft decisions like Frank, Cleanthony Early, we got lucky with Tingus Pingus. I would much rather have the incompetency of IT than have somebody like Phil Jackson blatantly destroy the franchise and it’s reputation.

Funny how they were building players that were all drafted there at first and their whole starting 5 were not even drafted there

Hartenstien and Mitchy are best friends and the Nova 3 are best friends we really winning through the power of friendship

I'm picking the Knicks to win it all this playoffs.

Hey Andy. You forgot to include one big factor in the losing series against the Hawks. Mitch Robinson was injured and didn't play which as you would know would have made a big difference with their defense.

Context please. The Knicks are back to making the 2nd rd...congrats...I guess. They were 15-15 against the teams in the WC. A .500 record in the WC would not even make the play-in. This is not a team nowhere NEAR winning a title.

Had a feeling Andy was wrong lol

Their season just ended..