![]() Knepper uncovered a host of fresh nuggets, most interestingly about Riley’s fateful decision to stick with Starks during Game 7 of the 1994 Finals versus the Rockets. It struck me: Someone should write a book about those days and I thought, ‘Why not me?’ ” “I’m one of those people who long for those days in the ’90s. “It just came to me three years ago - I think about the Knicks more than I should,’’ Knepper added. It’s been pretty brutal to watch the last two decades and people are nostalgic for those ’90s teams.”įor now, the Knicks haven’t played a game in nearly eight months because of the pandemic. “But this is a great fan base and New Yorkers love their Knicks. “I don’t think Golden State Warriors or Lakers fans are nostalgic right now about other eras,’’ Knepper told The Post. Lastly, the Knicks have registered the most losses in the NBA this century. Since Van Gundy’s resignation in 2001, the Knicks have employed 13 head coaches, made the playoffs four times and captured just one playoff series. John Starks, Pat Riley and Patrick Ewing N.Y. The Knicks made the playoffs every season, advanced to the Eastern Conference finals four times and made it twice to the NBA Finals. He conducted interviews with 100 sources - with former Knicks and Garden president Dave Checketts turning out the most helpful.Ĭharles Oakley, John Starks, new Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau (an assistant from 1996-2004), Jeff Van Gundy, Herb Williams, Charlie Ward and Chris Childs, among others, participated in the project.Īs the book notes, the 10 full seasons with Pat Riley and then Van Gundy as head coach (with 59 games at the start of the 1995-96 season led by Don Nelson) netted a. ![]() Knepper, who lived and died with the successes and failures of the 1990s Knicks powerhouses, started his research three years ago. The second, “Blood On The Hardwood: The Flagrant History of the 1990s Knicks” penned by former Wall Street Journal Knicks beat writer Chris Herring, will be published in 2021. The first, written by lawyer-turned-author Paul Knepper, is on sale now: “The Knicks of the Nineties: Ewing, Oakley, Starks and the Brawlers That Almost Won It All.” Knicks fans will get to reminisce like it’s 1999.ĭuring this gloomy Knicks century of basketball, two books are emerging about the 1990s Knicks to brighten the day. Knicks, Nets stars commit to play for Team USA in FIBA World Cup Mavericks 'plan to gauge' ex-Knicks coach's interest in being assistant coachĮx-Knicks coach returning to sidelines with Suns Est? considerado por la mayor?a de aficionados y espec.Josh Hart heading to NBA free agency with big Knicks hopes En la actualidad, es el propietario de los Charlotte Bobcats, franquicia de la NBA. Extracto: Michael Jeffrey Jordan (Nueva York, 17 de febrero de 1963), conocido como Michael Jordan y apodado «Air» («Aire»), «His Royal Airness» («Su majestad del aire») o «Air Jordan», es un ex jugador profesional de baloncesto estadounidense. Cap?tulos: Michael Jordan, Gilbert Arenas, Rod Strickland, Mike Bibby, Rashard Lewis, Loy Vaught, Juwan Howard, Tracy Murray, Lonny Baxter, Ben Wallace, Kirk Hinrich, Harvey Grant, Chris Webber, Michael Smith, Caron Butler, Mike Miller, Fabricio Oberto, Jerry Stackhouse, Antawn Jamison, Larry Hughes, Brendan Haywood, Tyronn Lue, Earl Boykins, Laron Profit, Juan Dixon, Dee Brown, Obinna Ekezie, Mike James, Cherokee Parks, Steve Blake, Antonio Daniels, Maurice Evans, Brevin Knight, Ledell Eackles, Richard Hamilton, Calvin Booth, Chucky Atkins, Darius Songaila, Kevin Pritchard, DeShawn Stevenson, Kwame Brown, Billy Thomas, Peter John Ramos, Quinton Ross, Bobby Simmons, Jahidi White, Roger Mason, Jared Jeffries, Etan Thomas, Michael Ruffin, Brian Cardinal, James Singleton, Jordan Crawford, Shaun Livingston, Trevor Booker, Mike Wilks, Andray Blatche, Mike Harris, Popeye Jones, John Wall, Oleksiy Pecherov, JaVale McGee, Lester Hudson, Al Thornton, Hilton Armstrong, Awvee Storey, Yi Jianlian, Randy Foye, Jarvis Hayes, Mustafa Shakur, Dominic McGuire, Spencer Haywood, Nick Young, Alonzo Gee, Pervis Ellison, Dave Bing, Javaris Crittenton, Gus Williams, Cedric Jackson, Josh Howard, Felipe L?pez, Gheorghe Mure?an, Samaki Walker, Tom Gugliotta, Darvin Ham, Anthony Peeler, Jimmy Oliver, Kévin Séraphin, Christian Laettner, Otis Thorpe, Andrew Gaze, Charles Oakley, Aaron Williams, Mitch Richmond, Bryon Russell, Joe Kopicki, Gerard King, Anthony Goldwire, Jeff McInnis, Courtney Alexander, Tim Legler, Hubert Davis, David Vanterpool, Don Reid, Donell Taylor, Isaac Austin.
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