Madison Garden is the NBA's famous basketball home, where countless famous basketball superstars have been born: Patrick Ewing, Willis Reed, Bernard King, Walter Fraser, Cameron Anthony and so on. As one of the oldest teams in the NBA, basically NBA players who come to play in this arena can feel the unique culture of the Knicks. Not only are there many stars, but there are also many big coffee fans, Spike Lee is one of the most avid fans of the New York Knicks, and even The mayor of New York City, Bill, is also a member of the fan group. The former general Arenas said that the fans in New York are crazy, and every time they go, they feel terrible boos and cheers, and it is a crime to come here to play away games. As the craziest fans in the league, in addition to their favorite players, there are also some stars who are regarded as enemies by fans who can't tolerate sand, so let's see which players are openly regarded as "New York public enemies" by New York fans.
1. Michael Jordan
Jordan, the god of basketball, has spent his career playing for the East, both the Bulls and the Wizards. Since it is in the east, there are too many grudges between the Knicks and the Bulls. After Jordan led the team to a record of 72 wins and won the championship, the New York Knicks thought about signing their former enemy Michael Jordan. In the offseason, the Knicks directly offered Jordan a $25 million one-year super contract.
Many people think that the Knicks' wave of operations is absolutely stable, to know that the team salary cap space in the league at that time was only $24.8 million, and the Knicks' move is undoubtedly to tell the world: Jordan! I'm going to settle. Who knew that the Bulls were not vegetarians, and in order to keep the greatest basketball player in human history, Klaus, the then general manager of the Bulls, did not want to impress Jordan with affection, but immediately threw an annual salary worth $30.18 million to Michael Jordan! In the end, this "basketball god" was left behind.
In addition to this meeting, Michael Jordan is also the most fiercely sprayed character for New York fans, Jordan played 65 games in his career against the Knicks, and he led the Bulls to win 48 of them, averaging 32.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. And the Knicks' last glorious era was the 1990s, which was also Jordan's most brilliant era, and in the face of the repeated blows of the Blood Dynasty, the Knicks always returned without success. Jordan has also become the enemy of the people of New York, as long as Jordan comes to New York, the face of him is definitely the insults of the mountain cry tsunami, and Jordan responds to the Knicks fans with his own actions in the insults of the mountain call tsunami every time.
2. Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller has always been a "New York public enemy", and Reggie Miller's mouth is also famous for playing and chattering to the end, whether it is the opposing player or the head coach, or even the fans, he can play while playing with them. The well-known director Spike Lee often encourages all the fans to angrily spew Reggie Miller when watching the game at home. In the 1993 playoffs, the Pacers played against the Knicks, and as a result, they were taught a harsh lesson by the Knicks, and the result was that the game was not the focus of everyone's attention, because the focus was on the dispute between Miller and Spike Lee, which quickly detonated the headlines in New York.
In the 1994 playoffs, just like the plot of the novel, the Pacers faced the Knicks again, but this time Miller did not let the Knicks get what they wanted, and in the Battle of King's Hill, Reggie Miller and Spike Lee began a battle between you and me in Madison's Garden Square. Every time Miller walked near the Big Director's seat, Lee kept harassing Miller's ear. "Reggie, you're going home soon!" You guys are bad! Words like these attacked Miller, and Miller also angrily exclaimed to Lee: "I will let you cry and go home later." Then in the fourth quarter, Miller slashed 25 points like a fairy, no matter who came to defend Miller, it didn't matter, after he hit four three-pointers in a row, Miller even drew a throat-locking action to the fans and led the team to win back against the big director.
In 1995, the two teams met again, even the novel did not dare to write like this, the two enemies met, the eyes are all with fire, Miller in the flood of boos, once again contributed to the famous scene, in the first game, the last 18.7 seconds, the Knicks have led by 6 points, fans are mocking Miller's incompetence, and everyone thinks that the game has been settled, Miller stood up. He grabbed the opponent's defensive loophole in 8.9 seconds to get the ball consecutively, Miller really deserved to be the league's famous killer actually hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, the opponent later fouled him, Miller scored 2 more points, 8 points in 8.9 seconds, Miller led the team to complete a stunning reversal. So in summary, as long as Miller came to New York, he got in addition to boos and insults.
3. Kobe Bryant
In the 2000 Lakers game against the Knicks, Kobe Bryant's performance was quite bad, how to shoot, and charles who defended him was also very arrogant, and has been spraying garbage at Kobe, but Kobe Bryant is really breathless by Charles, angry Kobe Bryant can not tolerate Charles's provocation, he also angrily sprayed Charles to fight back. Then, in the process of scrambling for the ball, Kobe Bryant and Charles clashed, and after receiving two punches in vain, Kobe Bryant was also expelled, and since then, the arrogant Kobe Bryant has planted the seeds of resentment in his heart.
So that later every time Kobe came to Madison Garden, he used his supernatural performance to tear apart the Knicks' defense, but such a move was undoubtedly a blatant provocation to Knicks fans, and when Kobe Bryant faced the Knicks against the Knicks again and again, the Knicks fans were countless insults, scolding Kobe again and again: "You are so bad", Spike Lee also slammed Kobe: "You play very alone, you don't pass at all, you are simply a selfish guy." Bryant was also countering Spike Lee: "You don't know the ball at all, you're not qualified to talk. ”
This is why Kobe always said that he likes to play at the home of the Knicks, because in the Knicks he always gets only to be angry and insulted, the more fierce the Knicks fans are, the stronger Kobe is, and he uses actions again and again to silence the Knicks fans.
4. Trey Young
In last season's playoffs, the Knicks gang with Randle, Rose and Robinson returned to the playoffs after many years, facing the Eagles in the first round, but the Eagles were not soft persimmons to be held, and they did not have any intention of sparing their subordinates. Even New York Mayor Bill joined the fan line-up to resist Trae Young. Although the two sides have not yet started the game, Knicks fans began to frantically satirize Trae Young for scoring points from free throws, and then verbally attacked his appearance, saying that Trae Young's hair resembled their grandfather and so on, and the series had already completed a hot warm-up before it began.
And Trae Young also inherited the mantle of great celebrities such as Reggie Miller, Kobe Bryant, michael Jordan and became a new generation of "public enemies of New York". In the first meeting between the two sides, Trae Young used a perfect performance of 32 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists to silence the boo-filled Madison Square, and also completed a layup to completely make the entire arena lifeless. After scoring the key goal, Young also spat on the Knicks floor like a pre-game audience insult to him. The Knicks later pulled back a city at home with an aggregate score of 1-1, a match in which Trae Young was mocked by the New Yorkers for being incompetent, and an angry Trae Young smiled and looked at the fans, and that look was like saying: Let's walk and see! Back at home for the Hawks, Trae Young didn't give his opponent any chance to make it two consecutive cities and returned to the Knicks home 3-1.
The Hawks, who had the match point in hand, came to New York, and this time the Hawks knew they were facing a booing of more decibels than before, and after the game, some players said it was like the sound of a plane flying down, but Trae Young still played 36 points and 9 assists. Especially after hitting the three points that killed the game in the second half, he bowed to the audience, making the fans feel as if they had returned to the blood-soaked pictures of the 90s and 00s, and Trae Young is still very young, hoping that in the future they can contribute more wonderful games to make us fans feast our eyes.