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RJ Barrett’s first night with Knicks couldn’t have been better

Well, this was a different kind of draft-night moment. At 7:51 Adam Silver, the NBA’s commissioner, walked to the podium at Barclays Center. This is when some of the best YouTube moments of all have been born: the hometown team makes a pick, the hometown fans take a moment to absorb said pick.

And have a full-throated meltdown.

Jeff Lageman to Kristaps Porzingis, you could practically set your watch by it.

Not this time. All day, it felt like Knicks fans were delivering a communal version of the Jedi mind trick, aiming it at the Knicks’ corporate offices, making sure Scott Perry and Steve Mills were warned: Don’t screw this up.