Prior to the lockout-shortened 1998--99 season, the Knicks traded Starks in a package to the Golden State Warriors for 1994's 1st team all league shooting guard Latrell Sprewell (whose contract was...
Prior to the lockout-shortened 1998--99 season, the Knicks traded Starks in a package to the Golden State Warriors for 1994's 1st team all league shooting guard Latrell Sprewell (whose contract was voided by the Warriors after choking Warriors' head coach P. J. Carlesimo during the previous season), while also trading Charles Oakley for Marcus Camby. After barely getting into the playoffs with a 27--23 record, the Knicks started an improbable postseason run. It started with the Knicks eliminating the #1 seeded Heat in the first round after Allan Houston bounced in a running one-hander off the front of the rim, high off the backboard, and in with 0.8 seconds left in the deciding 5th game. This remarkable upset marked only the second time in NBA history that an 8-seed had defeated the 1-seed in the NBA playoffs. After defeating the Atlanta Hawks in the second round four games to none, they faced the Pacers yet again in the Eastern Conference Finals. Despite losing Ewing to injury for the rest of the playoffs prior to Game 3, the Knicks won the series (aided in part to a four-point play by Larry Johnson in the final seconds of Game 3) to become the first eighth-seeded playoff team to make it to the NBA Finals. However, in the Finals, the San Antonio Spurs, with superstars David Robinson and Tim Duncan, proved too much for the injury-laden Knicks, who lost in five games. The remarkable fifth game of this Finals is remembered for its 2nd half scoring duel between the Spurs' Tim Duncan and the Knicks' Latrell Sprewell, and was decided by a long jumper by Avery Johnson with less than 10 seconds left to clinch the title for the Spurs.
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you just named like 5 or 6 all-stars you fag, who wouldn't take those stars over their current roster...your a fuck you prolly dont even follow the knicks but u judge them on their record. They are a much better improved team, that is now a threat to other Good NBA teams.
This franchise is a sad one. They play in one of the biggest market, in the most popular venue but they had so many failure, so many dramas. And worse, they're not going anywhere. But good luck though.
@kububeach I wouldn't consider it to be a sad history...eveyr team has rough spots...every team has good times and bad times...but not every team is the celtics, not every team is the lakers and not every team gets a player like michael jordon...if Jordan hadn't played in the 90's the Patrick Ewing Knicks would have won at least one title during that time...the Knicks have 2 championships and some of the greatest players in NBA history...a lot of teams don't have any
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NY 4 ATL 0
NY 4 IND 2
SA 4 NY 1 We did well