How To Handle the Knicks Success After Years of Suffering

Two years ago, the New York Knicks made the playoffs for the first time since 2013. They were immediately bounced in a gentleman’s sweep to the Atlanta Hawks. Trae Young embarrassed the team in Madison Square Garden and made Knicks fans feel like the losers we have been conditioned to be.

This season, the Knicks are currently on a 7-game win streak following Tom Thibodeau’s decision to finally play the kids and sit Derrick Rose and Evan Fournier on the bench while Quentin Grimes and Deuce McBride shut down opposing guards night after night.

We are finally witnessing this Thibodeau defense that made him the talk of the town during his tenure with the Chicago Bulls. The new 9-man rotation is working. Players are busting their asses for 48 minutes straight and they have the best defense in the NBA over the last few weeks.

But I’ve been a Knicks fan my whole life and by whole life I mean since I was like, 11 or whatever. The second you have faith in this organization, they let you down. You think you’re going to sign LeBron James and Chris Bosh but you end up with Amare Stoudamire and Raymond Felton. You think you’re going to sign Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving but you end up with Marcus Morris and Bobby Portis.

Last season, the Knicks started off hot and fans went crazy shouting ‘BING BONG’ in the streets. The Knicks finished 11th last season and we wanted Tom Thibodeau publicly executed in the middle of Times Square.

So here’s a quick guide on how to handle the New York Knicks current success.

1. Stay in the moment

It’s very easy to see the Knicks in the top 10 in net rating and start looking around at the other teams in that Top 10 as if they are equals. Again, the Knicks finished 11th last season. The wheels could fall off very quickly. It seems like Jalen Brunson limps into the locker room every single time he subs out in the first quarter. This team is one injury away from plummeting to the bottom of the East.

Just enjoy the games as they happen and don’t start looking too far ahead. One game at a time like one of those boring NFL coaches who have nothing interesting to say at post-game press conferences.

The Knicks are probably going to lose a game at some point this season. Right now that feels impossible but it’s a possibility, I reckon. Just enjoy this ride and don’t implode if/when this winning streak inevitably ends. It’s a long ass season. Julius Randle hasn’t even tried to fight a ref yet.

2. Don’t Talk Shit (yet)

There is going to be a point where shit talking just vomits out of you and you’re going to need some self-control here because the second you start bragging about the Knicks running New York or whatever, the Knicks will get bodied by the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant will be mocking us.

If you’re a Knicks fan then you know opposing players love coming to Madison Square Garden and having the best games of their lives. Do not get into the Spike Lee zone where you antagonize players only for them to channel that shit-talking into a 50-point outburst against the Knicks.

Again, this team can fall off a cliff at any moment.

3. Prepare for the downfall

The Knicks haven’t won a championship since Yoko broke up The Beatles. At some point this season, the Knicks are going to struggle again. Julius Randle is going to get moody. RJ Barrett is going to brick jumpers.

It’s important to find other things that bring you joy. Knicks fans deserve happiness. If you’ve watched Jared Jeffries and Lance Thomas play 40 minutes a night then you know what real pain feels like. To acquire Stephon Marbury and think you finally have an All-Star point guard to lead you to the Promised Land only for that man to get face tattoos and snack on vasoline.

Find a book that brings you peace. A TV series you can watch worry-free. Scroll through the nonsense here at Deadseriousness. Just get ready for the inevitable downfall of the Knicks because when it happens, it’s going to be embarrassing and infuriating as hell. Save yourself.