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How Knicks and Nets unwittingly created the NBA juggernauts

With June approaching, that emptiness every New York basketball fan has felt since 2003 is returning.

Here come the NBA Finals. Where are the Knicks and Nets?

Right, lounging.

The Nets last made the Finals in 2003 and lost to the Spurs, the team that beat the Knicks in their most recent Finals run in 1999. If you really need a fix, the Knicks and Nets contributed much to the third-time showdown between the defending champ Cavaliers and Warriors. The Finals are loaded with Knicks and Nets connections.

Cavaliers

Channing Frye

The Knicks drafted him eighth in 2005.