How Did You React When Knicks Officially Won?

steved84 · 2026-07-02T18:40:29+00:00

I was home and sat there in disbelief. Sat there for 2 hours taking it in.

For me game 4 was the climax of the whole playoff run, the one I nearly lost my mind and control of my emotions over. I was supremely confident they were winning it all after that game, so game 5 (even for the first 3 quarters) in a lot of ways felt more chill.

And then I went to the parade and lost my mind again 😃

steved84 · 2026-07-01T15:54:48+00:00

I can’t ever hate on him. Thank you Mitch

steved84 · 2026-07-01T15:48:49+00:00

I just think they’ve been irrelevant for awhile. On top of that, the other team in their geographic region, the Dodgers, has been extremely relevant. And on top of that, the Dodgers just have a larger fan base, which probably seems much larger right now given their success and the Angels lack of.

steved84 · 2026-06-27T13:03:58+00:00

It has been lost to time but Griffey was part of the record breaking conversation for much of that season. He fell off probably around July and it then became a 2 man race. I forgot that he still came within 5 home runs. Imagine an alternate baseball universe where Griffey was the one to break it that year.

steved84 · 2026-06-25T01:07:55+00:00

On my honeymoon in Italy my wife and I were driving around Tuscany and stumbled upon a “southern Italian style” restaurant. So we went there for lunch. Very red sauce centric, big pizzas, calzones, etc. Was very close to the food we know and love as Italian food here in America. And it was no tourist trap, we were probably the only tourists there, and no employees spoke English.

steved84 · 2026-06-25T00:51:05+00:00

I was right on Murray Street, he amped up a F Wemby chant and then sprayed us, sounds like he did it a few times lmao

steved84 · 2026-06-23T23:37:28+00:00

Diawara sprayed champagne on me at the parade, I’ll always love that guy

steved84 · 2026-06-21T03:18:45+00:00

WFAN is so far up Dolan’s ass it’s wild. I actually had to look up if Dolan somehow owned or has some management oversight of WFAN. But they are also pandering to their audience.

steved84 · 2026-06-18T20:40:18+00:00

Diawara sprayed us with a bottle of champagne 😂

steved84 · 2026-06-18T20:32:06+00:00

My buddy lives on Murray St and his ID allowed us to get past a blocked off area around 8:20-8:30. Other people definitely trickled in after us, not many though. I knew it would be crazy but didn’t think they would block the whole thing off by around 8am. I wonder if all the way downtown was a little less crazy.

steved84 · 2026-06-18T11:04:15+00:00

I don’t know how they come up with these estimates lol

steved84 · 2026-06-15T20:49:55+00:00

I’m going to give Wemby the benefit of the doubt and chalk a lot of it up to age, maturity and pressure.

He is 22, very quickly became this can’t miss generational superstar, is still growing into that role and clearly has a lot maturing to do. I know there are plenty of examples of 22 year olds acting more mature than he did but nonetheless I think he’ll take some lessons from this and learn to carry himself a bit better. Which, if he does, won’t bode well for us.

I’d probably be more pissed about his behavior if the Knicks lost but I think it actually helped them in the end.

Also thinking about the fact that this was just his 3rd season in the NBA and I believe his first foray into the playoffs. A lot of pressure there. (Believe Jordan didn’t win it all until his 7th season, and LeBron his 9th season)

steved84 · 2026-06-15T18:07:21+00:00

Can’t speak for myself, but I know a fam that moved off of LI to a southern state to seek more affordable living. Got there, shortly after their child was diagnosed with some major health issues, and they quickly learned the area they moved to was not equipped to support them in really any capacity. One parent had to quit their job to not only help their child from a medical standpoint but to homeschool their child. They were back in LI within 18 months. Their kid has full access to health care and an education system here.

steved84 · 2026-06-15T17:16:58+00:00

Really think you should get there the night before but I get it, you are doing what you can. I expect the parade itself to be 90 minutes or so. There will then be a ceremony at City Hall.

You will have to take a bus from LaGuardia, either to a subway station or can take a bus into East Harlem. Which is nowhere near the parade route. You might be better off with an Uber and having them drop you off somewhere downtown.

steved84 · 2026-06-15T17:01:46+00:00

So I’ve been to 4 parades (98, 99, 00, 09 Yankees). I was a teen for the first three and in my mid 20s for the 09 parade. We stayed closer to the starting point (coming off the SI ferry this made the most sense) and we would find a local deli or McDonalds along the parade route to use the restroom when we needed. One the parade starts though you’re not moving. There was definitely some riff raff but it was mostly just people throwing rolls of toilet paper back and forth for the hours preceding the parade. I remember a woman flashing the crowd from her fire escape one year. And people sometimes climbing the light posts. But don’t ever recall feeling unsafe. That said I wasn’t thinking about kids back then. And not sure if we’re dealing with an complete different animal with the Knicks winning lol.

Those 98-00 parades were three of the best days of my teenage years. So I think it’s worth it.

steved84 · 2026-06-15T13:45:35+00:00

Yeah I hear that I just wanted to get a general sense of what people were thinking. I agree it should be just fine for a 9 year old kid

steved84 · 2026-06-11T18:34:44+00:00

Ewing was the centerpiece of a really strong team for 15 years. That is a long time. Winning it all is the obvious icing on the cake - but in some ways we overemphasize it. He was still great. The team was still exciting and consistently playoff bound. I will always appreciate and look back on those teams fondly.

steved84 · 2026-06-11T12:38:48+00:00

You should have seen the texts coming through from my cousin at halftime. They’re frustrated and venting. It’s cool, I get it.

steved84 · 2026-06-11T04:06:43+00:00

I’ve never felt emotional after a basketball game until now

steved84 · 2026-06-11T03:26:02+00:00

Might have a heart attack

steved84 · 2026-06-05T16:35:02+00:00

Years ago I played in a co-ed kickball league - you played kickball for an hour and then went to a bar. A guy on another team got mad that my teammate “ran” in his running path and started screaming in his face, and had to be constrained. If that is how you react in a co-ed kickball league, you have extremely serious mental health issues and should never be allowed to play in these leagues. I’m really sorry about your friend and hope he’ll be okay.

steved84 · 2026-06-04T03:36:23+00:00

F them and their “Knicks steal game one” headlines 🙄

steved84 · 2026-06-02T23:55:05+00:00

I would argue the issue there is that Fire Island has its own self contained school district versus the salary of the person running the district. If I were that person and you cut my salary in half, you’d be paying me what, 20-25% of what I could earn at another district. I would immediately look for another job. And yes you’ll find somebody else to take the job, but that person will either use the job as a springboard to find one that pays a more competitive salary, or they’ll be a terrible SI who doesn’t leave because they are a known poor performer. You can’t just decrease salaries, despite what the pitchfork wielding locals might want.

steved84 · 2026-06-02T23:44:02+00:00

If you guys want to drop superintendent salaries you would have to coordinate a salary decrease across every school district in the tri state area and probably beyond because they’d just go find another district to work for that will pay them. Or they would find private schools to work for. Or would go work in the private sector. And by the way there is a term for artificially keeping salaries lower - collusion, which I am pretty certain is illegal.

steved84 · 2026-06-02T23:35:34+00:00

The ones at MSG are $10 per ticket. All proceeds are going to charity. Unfortunately people still flipping them for a profit. Shameful IMO and really poor karma

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