Tyrese Haliburton to Spike Lee on the hardest NBA arena to play in: “You think it’s hard to play in the Garden? You’ve seen me play in the Garden”
I love MSG but it doesn’t intimidate opposing stars lol if anything it just inspires them to play better on the bright stage
Yep, everyone loves playing there.
Not that it’s not a great atmosphere, just not one you would dread if you’re a player.
More like the type of stuff you circle on your calendar lol.
there’s a level of respect behind the hate in New York. If anything, getting the crowd worked up has to be like the best feeling ever as an away player
We love to hate. We don’t feel any actual animosity toward Trae Young, but Fuck Trae Young is still one of our slogans lmfao
Yeah even when the Knicks suck the opponent wants to try thier hardest haha
it was a right of passage for stars to go off in msg lol
never forget Hezonja’s gamesaving block on Lebron as the 17-win Knicks prevented Lakers from making playoffs
I will never forget!!!
Why is this except for players wanting to show off and honor tradition does it go any deeper.
Historic arena and the sidelines are typically stacked with big time celebrities (who are actually invested in the game).
With the notable exception of Jarett Allen
What would be considered an “intimidating” arena to play at
super saiyan Haliburton farming aura
Fun fact Aspiration turned him down for showing too much personality.
They offered him a deal but his ultra instincts told him to stay away from shady business
Ty really replaced Trae as the MSG silencer
The hate for Trae is going to last generations that Trae looks like my dad nutsacks taunt can never replicate.
I really hope he wins a championship.
His Dad?
Trae looks like he needs a backiotomy
Don’t worry Trae will fill back in this season when the Hawks eliminate the Knicks in game 6 in MSG
Lmao
Damn I know some people are doubting if we’re contenders but I don’t think the Knicks are gonna fall to the play ins. Give us some credit.
Of course they’ll contend. All the other top contenders blew their Achilles. Had Indy not blown that game it could have been different and T.H probably doesn’t need to do the game 7 and we’d be thinking chance for them to return.
Now it’s like, “Who’s going to win the west and win the championship?”
Playoffs Trae is a dawg
Ice 🥶🥶🥶Trae with the career 40% from the field and 28% from 3 in the offs’
the offs’
Mods should ban you for this.
Don’t let pat bev see this
The Hawks have to actually make the playoffs first
!remindme 8 months
as painful as the losses have been against the Pacers, we still hate Trae far more than Haliburton
Really? That’s surprising.
You’d think the dude who prevented the Knicks from reaching their first Finals in over 25 years, all while being the second coming of the famous “Knick Killer” would garner more hate.
I hate Andrew Nembhard wayyyyyyyy more, its not even close
Amen
what did amen do?
You’re making great points but somehow Trae feels more hateable. With Hali, you kinda respect what he did.
With Trae you legit buy into his heel impression.
Pretty boy privilege. Poor Trae 🥲
Trae??? His hair? Wack! His gear? Wack! His clothes? Wack! His jump shot? Wack! The way that he talks? Wack! The way that he doesn’t even like to smile? Wack! Hali?! He’s tight as fuck!!
Hali beat the Knicks
Trae beat the refs
Easier to respect game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGLacgHgvTs
Haliburton hit some huge shots, but he has one of the most inconsistent motors in the league. It doesn’t build the same vitriol when most nights he isn’t a huge factor.
Spike Lee and Stephen A Smith being the representative Knicks fans makes me sick to my stomach
What are you talking about, Spike Lee rules. Not a Knicks fan but think of Stephen A as a wrestler or something—he is not a basketball commentator, he is some other third thing
he’s been around a long time but has largely been out of touch with the current Knicks fanbase on most things
Stephen A Smith is one of those minstrel voices. If he just talked like a regular person, no one would give a shit what he said. He just says things very loud
Spike Lee has been a die hard fan forever, he is partially responsible for people giving a shit about the Knicks and their “rivalries” with teams who kicked their ass
At least he’s a fan through and through. The raptors have had Drake OVO jerseys and he’s nowhere to be seen since lol
Shhh! We prefer it this way. Please don’t let that man back in the building. The goat play would be for Kendrick to buy courtside seats to a raps home game.
he’s nowhere to be seen since lol
Thank fuck
Spike done more for Knick relevancy than the actual bum ass teams they put out their for decades. Dude earned his fandom more than any of you.
Spike Lee is no more of a “die hard” fan than any other “die hard” fan.
The difference is that he’s recognizably famous and can afford court side seats every game he attends. His fandom isn’t special.
No but it is real
I don’t think Spike is a fake fan. I don’t like that he is the “face” of Knicks fans.
I do think Stephen A Smith is a fake fan.
They cannot be in the same conversation, not fair
Stephen A never gave a shit about the Knicks during his career until he was hired full time in 2012 by ESPN and to this day every casual and bandwagon fan gobbles up and worships every single word (mostly negative) about the Knicks because of that POS Grift King. Ruined all integrity in sports journalism for the foreseeable future as well
He used to talk about being a Knick fan when he was working in Philly
Well yeah he’s a Philly sportswriter when he first started.
why? those 2 are very representative of the average NYer
Spike is a real fan but not rep of anything
I mean they represent what an average NYer looks and sounds like
I think of Andrew Cuomo
They give very much New York 😂😂
Better than Donnie Wahlberg and Dave portnoy.
Former Knicks fans, now they are some weird form of ambassador for opposing teams
Spike is the mascot that opposing players go celebrate with whenever they’re having a good game in MSG.
Stephen A Smith is a Knicks fan like Benedict Arnold is an America fan. They will do anything for money, dude redefines what it means to be a fairweather fan
I don’t know how Knicks fans do it. I would never support that team
Nobody cares
What in the hell is wrong with Spike???
Damn this video was funny.
Some of you just really need to get the sticks out of your ass. That dude has been a fan forever
Chillllllll
The Pacers-Knicks rivalry means something to me. Ya’ll don’t understand.
Joel Embiid on the “rivalry” between the Celtics and Sixers: “This is not a rivalry. They always kick our ass.”
Knicks were 3-3 against Reggie and 0-2 against Hali. Neither of them has a ring. Hibbert is Kiyan’s granddaddy tho.
i understand
Knicks gotta win a couple this century for it to count
The gods are against us with the Ewing finger roll and the Hali bounce.
Thats pretty brutal lmao
I love how Haliburton does the modern universal player respect thing while still talkin his shit. Generational media run
Hali is America’s Sweetheart
I wonder what his answer was going to be
It does feel like a lot of people had their best games in the garden lol
Damn Haliburton chill lol
MSG was never home court advantage because anyone who is anyone wants to show out.
If anything, Denver and Utah gotta be the hardest away games because of the elevation
The 2000s tanked it but historically speaking the Knicks are killers at MSG. From 1969-2002 (current MSG opening to Ewing leaving) the Knicks are 9th all time at home.
MSG was always homecourt advantage. That’s just how bad they were for most of the 21st century.
Just ignoring the last 23 years?
I don’t see how I’m ignoring it when I called it out twice…
Historically, the Knicks have a great homecourt advantage. They were the worst team of the 21st century until 2023 which caused that to fall off a cliff.
The real hardest one has to be boston by far
The answer is Denver.
From MJ and Reggie to Trae and Hali… The Garden just gives extra motivation.
& regular season curry, can’t forget that 🤣🤣🤣
He’s had some stinkers in the Garden in the last two playoff series but has been huge in the biggest moments which is what matters.
Hardest place to play is Denver, and it has nothing to do with the fan base or the arena. All altitude.
TIL Spike Lee has a podcast
It’s Haliburton’s show (alternating hosts). JJ’s old podcast. Old Man and the Three -> Young Man and the Three
Ty the gardener
Who says MSG is hard to play at. Don’t players have career games there lol.
I rock with NY because even their celebs are Knicks loving degenerates who can probably quote Derek Harper’s 95 season stat line. Most of the visible LA mfs flipped to the Warriors until Bron got it back poppin
Knicks fans will cheer for opponents if their own team sucks so yeah, MSG is amazing but not intimidating at all. Love Knicks fans tho, was there for one game in 2008, they lost and congratulated me for my team winning. Nobody gave me shit for not standing during national anthem either. Classy people for sure!
Mad respect that the Knicks and Pacers in my lifetime have each gotten to the finals twice and lost. It’s like two brothers who kick each other when the other is down but know deep down that one isn’t better than the other until they finally win in the modern era
Ant said it was Denver, and you know Ant aint just making shit up
Oh baby that’s a good 1
Previously it was ROaracle. Now, maybe OKC???
Has Spike Lee always been this way? From what I remember in the 90s it was absolute hatred for the Pacers, never have I seen him be buddy-buddy with a hated rival player off of it. Or is it just because he’s somewhat mellowed down?
They were never buddy buddy with each other but they Spike and Reggie didn’t straight up hate each other. They had a bet going during the 94 series where if the Knicks won Reggie would go to see Mike Tyson in prison in Indiana and if the Pacers won Spike would put Reggie’s wife (at the time) in one of his movies.
Spike is 68, he’s not going to come at Haliburton with that same energy. Some of it is mellowing out but dude is young enough to be Spike’s grandkid.
Ah, makes sense. And thanks for clarifying that. At the time 90s, I wasn’t really into basketball as much as I am now (I’d be the first to admit I was a bandwagon Bulls fan then), so my basketball viewing then was clearly limited. Also didn’t help that the NBA was a bit harder to see back then where I grew up, so if we didn’t see the games, we’d be sure to see the highlights. And those highlights included the interactions between Reggie/the Pacers and Spike. That probably made it seem to me like they genuinely had a beef.
I don’t think this was public information at the time, this is just stuff they’ve said over the years in documentaries or interviews. I’m sure anybody watching thought the same thing.
MSG is for the streets. For any star player, Knick or otherwise.
How can you not love Tyrese
This was honestly a cute video. A+ / 10 of 10
Don’t forget Denver. Mile High.
That is a real physical effect on human bodies and visiting teams don’t live there, practice there or play half their games there like the Nuggets do.
Visiting teams fly in from elsewhere, play and fly out and it isn’t easy on their bodies.
No, this next thing will NOT be the same, but when folks want to climb Mt. Everest, many have to acclimate there for like 4 to 6 weeks BEFORE climbing up to the summit.
NO, it doesn’t take nearly as long in Denver as it’s not nearly as high as Mt. Everest but they fly in the night before, play the next day and fly out and their bodies aren’t anywhere as close to being adjusted as the Nuggets players are.
From an article two years ago.
“Oh, it’s real,” veteran Denver Nuggets forward Jeff Green said this week. “I mean, it’s real for us too. We have to deal with it as well. It’s not something you get used to off the bat and ‘aw, it’s nothing.’ Sometimes if we don’t get a chance to practice, we feel it.”
Green, 36, has played for 11 NBA teams in 15 seasons, the past two with the Nuggets. So he has experienced some of the sluggishness, the shortness of breath, the lightheadedness, sleep issues, headaches and even nausea that can hit people new to the altitude.
“You feel it everywhere, through your whole body,” Green told NBA.com. “You just have to get over it. There’s nothing you can do about it.”
I thought every team loved the garden except the knicks
I mean scoring 0 points at MSG is pretty easy to do to be fair.
I never really understood the allure of MSG
I could maybe understand pre 2000s in an early internet or no internet age, so you got more tv coverage playing there
But since then? why?
Stars drive who gets showcased nationally , not market size. Knicks haven’t won anything since the 70s and only relevant for two short periods since then
The crowd at MSG isn’t particularly loud or memorable. Plenty of other stadiums have louder crowds
TD garden is hardest