It wasn’t the start they imagined, but it’s the start the New York Knicks have.
11-10, seventh in the Eastern Conference, fresh off a tough loss to the pesky rival Brooklyn Nets. In years past, we’d be wringing our hands and bracing for the worst.
And yet, this time around, New York basketball and the people who support it have life. Nets loss aside, the Knicks got a revenge win over Trae Young and the Hawks in Atlanta. Not long before that, they beat a Los Angeles Lakers squad that didn’t have LeBron James available.