First, the loyal fans who supported the Knicks for decades when the team sucked (emptying thier wallets for tickets, shirts, jerseys) get priced out of the building when New York finally reaches the Finals (by insanely wealthy patrons willing/capable of casually blowing $20k on a pair of tickets to a basketball game, many of them having just hopped on the bandwagon or purchased tix to Game 3 solely b/c MSG is “the place to be” this week).
Then those same loyal, working-class fans get a second middle finger from ownership. Due to Dolan's desire to host Trump, thousands of diehard Knicks fans are denied the chance to gather outside the Garden, watch the game on a big screen, and share a once-in-a-lifetime moment with the community that helped keep this franchise alive when nobody else cared.
Access is reserved for the powerful, rich and/or connected, not the fans who stuck with this team through 20+ years of misery.
I see a lot of people glazing the Spurs and picking them to dominate the Knicks.
You know what I say to that? Great. Let them overlook the Knicks. This is right where I want to be. Underdogs. Nothing better than a New York team playing with a chip on their shoulders.
The New York Knicks are heading to the Eastern Conference Finals in back-to-back years after smacking the Sixers in four straight games. (There’s a specific term for this.) Hit the f*cking music! 😤