Destined For Failure? This NBA Team Is The Knicks

Anxiously pouring over the countless files that covered his desk, the realization that a team could be destined for failure confounded NBA historian Herb Redman, who points to the one deciding factor being that this team is the Knicks. 

“They have new management, new coaches, a team full of young promising players, but I can’t help shake the idea that none of that matters because they are the Knicks,” said Redman, who pointed out even when the team won championships in the 70’s, New York City was so dangerous fans couldn’t even enjoy the wins, so it’s like it never happened.

“Even after Michael Jordan retired and got out of their way, they still failed because, as I now understand, they are the Knicks,” added Redman. “That team had Patrick Ewing, who many people believed the NBA helped them land, but they still could not win a championship despite his dominance because the Knicks quite simply are destined to be the Knicks.”

One would seem to believe that New York couldn’t afford to give the Knicks more wins. But, why? Were the Harlem Globetrotters taking all the wins that were to be had in New York? Redman didn’t think so. “Even if the Knicks played the Washington Generals every game, I’m not sure they’d be able to get to .500. Also, that team in Brooklyn is pretty decent.” 

After analyzing Redman’s findings, many fans demanded the team revert to their original name of Knickerbockers, but Redman refused to support the movement saying, “First of all I can’t believe this team still has fans, but more importantly you know who the Knickerbockers really are, right? It’s just a longer, more complicated way of saying the Knicks.”