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I’m shackled to the Knicks – thanks a bunch, EA

Nick Cowen

IF you know anything about the NBA or basketball in general, you will know that the New York Knicks suck. I don’t say this as a Big Apple-hater or a fan of another NBA franchise. I say this as someone who has watched and supported the Knicks ever since I became a fan back in 1987. They suck – this is an incontrovertible fact.

For proof of this, you don’t need to look at the team’s lousy track record since the departure of all-star centre Patrick Ewing at the turn of the century, or the mismanagement of the franchise of the last consecutive eight or so years. No, you simply have to look at four weeks in 2019 to get a picture of the doldrums the Knicks currently reside in.

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