Knicks Fans vs Nike & Fanatics

53 years.

That’s how long it had been since the New York Knicks won a Championship.

A gallon of gas was 39 cents. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon came out in March. The US had just ended military involvement in Vietnam.  The Godfather won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. A horse named Secretariat had just won the Kentucky Derby. And the brand-new, state-of-the-art World Trade Center had just opened in Manhattan.

After being crowned Champs in 1973, days turned to weeks turned to months turned to years. Gone were Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, Walt “Clyde” Frazier, and Willis Reed - and “maybe next year” became the rallying cry. Bill Cartright, Bernard King, Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason, Allan Houston, Larry Johnson, Latrell Spewell, David Lee, Marcus Camby, Amar’e Stoudemire, Raymond Felton, Carmelo Anthony, Jeremy Lin, Kristaps Porzingis, Julius Randle, RJ Barrett - all came and went - through good times and bad - with no trophy or ring to show for it.

That all changed on June 13th, 2026.