[Katz] They Knicks the one NYC team that runs unopposed in New York. The Yankees have the Mets. The Giants have the Jets. The Rangers have the Islanders. The Knicks have … no one else.
He is a New Yorker. And if there is one cause New Yorkers can get behind, it is this team. In an era when any declaration, even one as seemingly universal as “puppies are cute,” is met with dissent, the Knicks are the city’s great unifier.
They are the one major-league sports team that runs unopposed in New York. The Yankees own the bigger national brand, the gaudy 27 championships. You’ll see their logo in any country to which you travel. But a large portion of New York also roots for the Mets. And those fans don’t merely refrain from rooting for the Yankees, they despise them. The Giants have the Jets. The Rangers have the Islanders. The Knicks have … no one else.