1994

1999

2004

2009

Clearly, these songs have a major impact on determining the fate of our NY Knickerbockers season. And with each iteration, the tune and the team, have gotten worse. Sorry Tip, if we must continue this tradition, then we must return to the beat of ’94.

Go NY, Go NY, Go.

Via NBA.com:

It’s a little bit of living fantasy to have two generations of Ewings on the same side of the Orlando box score and surely there are times when the Hall of Famer and probably greatest player in New York Knicks history dreams of delivering a father-son, one-two punch in a regular season NBA game.

“Of course, it would be great to have something like that happen one day,” said Ewing Sr., currently an assistant with the Magic, who hopes for a chance one day to be a head coach in the league. “But for right now what I’m hoping for the most is that he can find himself a place in the league. I think he’s athletic enough. I think he’s talented enough. I just think there’s got to be a place.”

“It has been different coaching him,” said the Hall of Famer. “I thought it would be a lot harder … Sometimes I think he’s too unselfish and I get on his butt for passing up open shots. As a player, you have to take the open ones. When they cover you, that’s when you got to pass it. He’s got to learn.

“I’ve been coaching him since he started playing, so there’s nothing different. I’m gonna curse him out when he makes mistakes. I’m gonna pat him on his butt when he does things good. I’ve been doing that since he was born.”

It wasn’t long after that when Ewing Sr. knew his son had the bug to follow in his father’s footsteps.

“He’s been going to the gym with me since he was two, so it was only natural,” said Ewing Sr. “I never discouraged him because of any comparisons to me. The only thing I did was told him he couldn’t play football.”

“Yeah, him and my Mom always said I was gonna get my knees taken out, so they would never let me play football,” said Ewing Jr. “Now I end up with the same injury.”

It’s tough enough to crack an NBA roster and he knows there are those who think he’s only here because he shares his name with the coach.

“He’s hard on me,” Ewing Jr. “He’s gonna call me tonight and complain about something that I did. That’s just what he does. That’s what he’s supposed to do as my father and my coach. He’s gonna tell me what I need to improve on for tomorrow’s game to be better. That’s good and bad at the same time. I think some people see me as playing on the team because he is the coach and me getting favoritism because he is the coach. But I don’t see it that way. I think I’ve become a better player over the years … My dad’s not the one that chooses the players that play on the team. Management is. They asked me to play because they think I can play.”

It would be a dream scenario, the father coaching the son at the highest level of the game, maybe one day back at Madison Square Garden where the older generation carved out his legend.

“Right now, my focus is on the Magic and I want us to be as good as we can,” said Ewing Sr. “But I think about my son and what he’s trying to do all of the time and I keep thinking with his talent, with his ability, there has got to be a job for him in this league.”

ANTHONY MASON HAIRCUTS

Remembering Your 1999 New York Knicks

Do you remember where you were when Allan Houston (@ALLAN_HOUSTON on Twitter) made that miracle bucket?

June 11, 1999

Your New York Knicks defeated the Indiana Pacers 90-82 in the series-clinching Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, becoming the 1st ever eight seed to reach the NBA Finals.

@mudhousejoey‘s 5th Grade Journal from Dec. 19, 1991:

Loyal KnicksTweeter and diehard Knicks fan @mudhousejoey sent this to us and it was too funny not to share.  Way to catch your grammar mistake and congrats on spelling Vandeweghe correctly, that silent g is always a killer!

A Classic Knicks Rivalry You May Not Have Known Existed:  New York Knicks & Baltimore Bullets 1969 to 1975

From NBA.com:

There are several ingredients needed in order to make a great rivalry in professional sports. The rivals need to face each other in meaningful games for a number of years. They need to play with distinct styles. Their fans have to build a passion against the rival city and team. And the coaches and players have to have a mutual respect for one another. Under any definition, the Knicks and Bullets were classic rivals from 1969 to 1975.

This is a great piece of Knicks history for the younger, jaded NY Knicks fan.  To think, a rivalry the Knicks actually dominated!  Been a long struggle since these glory days, but hopefully this once proud franchise will turn the corner soon.

Classic Confrontations: Walt Clyde Frazier vs Earl The Pearl Monroe

Classic Confrontations: Willis Reed vs Wes Unseld

When you listen to Jeff Van Gundy ramble on during the NBA Finals, remember this and smile…

June 5, 1994

Led by #33 Patrick Ewing’s 24 points and 22 rebounds, your New York Knicks defeated the cowardly Indiana Pacers 94-90 at MSG in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, sending the Knicks to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1973.

Vintage…like a fine wine.