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× The Life and Times of Tanjiro Sakai ×
× Watching: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Echo ×
× Watched:
Romeo + Juliet (1996), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training (2024), Paper Moon (1973) ×
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QUICK INTRO.
  • No Dolan, ever. Ewing a Knick for life. New York a force for seasons to come. That should be enough.
ASSOCIATION SETTINGS
  • | :: Season Length82 Games
    | :: Team ChemistryOn
    | :: Player RolesOff
    | :: Progressive FatigueOn
    | :: Trade DeadlineOn
    | :: Trade OverrideOn (will undo any crazy trades the CPU do)
    | :: Allow CPU TradesOn
    | :: Preseason GamesOn
    | :: InjuriesOn
    | :: Fantasy DraftNone
    | :: Playoffs7-7-7-7
    | :: Quarter Length12 Minutes
    | :: Sim Quarter Length12 Minutes

    | :: Lineup ManagementOff
    | :: Simulation StrategyOn
    | :: Prospect ScoutingOn
    | :: Player TradingOff

    | :: Staff ContractsOff
    | :: Player ContractsOff
    | :: Pre-Draft WorkoutsOn
    | :: NBA DraftOff
    | :: Training CampsOn
IN-GAME SETTINGS
  • | :: Skill LevelSuperstar
    | :: RosterUBR
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× The Life and Times of Tanjiro Sakai ×
× Watching: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Echo ×
× Watched:
Romeo + Juliet (1996), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training (2024), Paper Moon (1973) ×
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  • It all began on June 6, 1946, when Madison Square Garden was granted a charter franchise in the newlyformed Basketball Association of America. The legendary Ned Irish, who would eventually be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield in 1964, was the Knicks’ founding father and one of the infant circuit’s pioneers. The newly-christened Knickerbockers debuted on November 1, edging the Toronto Huskies, 68-66, at famed Maple Leaf Gardens. Former Manhattan College mentor Neil Cohalan was the Knicks’ first head coach, while Ossie Schectman, Stan Stutz, Jake Weber, Ralph Kaplowitz and Leo Gottlieb made up the inaugural starting lineup.

    The Knicks were playoff-bound in each of their first 10 seasons -- nine of those under the leadership of Joe Lapchick -- making three consecutive trips to the NBA Finals in 1951, 1952 and 1953, but they would be denied the summit all three times. Carl Braun was the club’s premier scorer during those early days, averaging 14.1 points over a career that spanned 12 seasons and five All-Star selections. Braun’s teammates included Harry Gallatin, the ferocious rebounder who still holds the club record of 610 consecutive games played; the great Dick McGuire, who set a playmaking standard by leading the club in assists for seven straight seasons (1950-56), popular Ernie Vandeweghe and pioneer pro Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton. But New York would then make the playoffs only once in a 10-year span from the late ‘50s into the ‘60s -- Richie Guerin, Willie Naulls, Ray Felix, Jumpin’ Johnny Green and Ken Sears were major Knick heroes in those days. The head coaching assignments during that era were handled by Vince Boryla, Fuzzy Levane, Braun, Eddie Donovan, Gallatin and McGuire.
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  • Following a decade in the doldrums, the Knicks franchise would ultimately reach its zenith in 1969-70 under William “Red” Holzman, the Hall of Fame coach who took over the reins in late 1967, just prior to the team’s move from the venerable Old Garden on 49th Street to the gleaming New Garden above Penn Station. As Holzman assumed the helm, the team’s “Golden Era” -- which would include four 50-plus win seasons, three Eastern Conference Championships and, of course, two NBA titles -- was launched. Riding a club record 18-game winning streak and a 60-22 regular season mark, the franchise earned its first NBA World Championship: with captain Willis Reed scoring the Knicks’ first two baskets and Walt Frazier adding 36 points and 19 assists, New York nailed down its first NBA title with a 113-99 Game 7 win, forever stamping May 8, 1970 as the ultimate red-letter day in team history. Reed, the League’s MVP, will forever be remembered for stepping onto the Garden court in spite of his severely injured leg, to the deafening roar of a capacity crowd.

    Along with Reed’s contributions, the unprecedented success was keyed by fabled teammates such as Frazier, Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere and Dick Barnett, along with “Minutemen” Mike Riordan, Cazzie Russell and Dave Stallworth. Smart drafting and shrewd trades -- especially the acquisitions of DeBusschere from Detroit -- laid the foundation for success. Holzman’s club led the NBA in team defense five times over a six-year span from 1968-69 to 1973-74 and captured the citizenry of the world’s greatest basketball city, selling out the New Garden 26 times in 1969-70 after recording just six regular season sellouts in 22 seasons at the Old Garden. Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, a Knicks nemesis during his days with the Baltimore Bullets, joined the squad in 1971-72 and teamed with Frazier to form one of the greatest backcourts in NBA history -- also acquired to shore up the frontline was perennial All-Star Jerry Lucas.

    In 1971-72, despite the season-long absence of Reed due to injury, the Knicks won the Eastern Conference title with Playoff wins over Baltimore and Boston. In 1972-73, Reed returned and a veteran Knick squad gutted its way to its second NBA Championship. They outlasted Boston in a classic Eastern Final series and then beat the Lakers in the Finals, becoming the first team in NBA history to defeat two 60-win teams en route to a title. In tribute to the championship heroes, the retired numbers of Reed, Bradley, Frazier, Barnett, DeBusschere and Monroe hang from the Garden rafters. Reed, Bradley, Frazier, DeBusschere, Monroe and Lucas have all joined Holzman in the Springfield Hall of Fame.
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  • New York was a playoff force for nine straight seasons (1966-67 through 1974-75), but then a period of lean times befell the club as the ‘80s dawned, despite headline performances by Bob McAdoo, Spencer Haywood, Ray Williams and Micheal Ray Richardson -- the Knicks made the Playoffs only twice in a seven-year span from 1976 to 1982. Two dynamic and unforgettable personalities played the central roles as the Knicks’ fortunes turned in the early ‘80s: head coach Hubie Brown and scorer extraordinaire Bernard King, as Brown guided the Knicks to a memorable first-round playoff victory over Detroit in 1984. King developed into perhaps the greatest offensive force in club history, leading the NBA in scoring with a 32.9 average in 1984-85, becoming the Knicks’ only scoring champion.
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  • On Mother’s Day 1985, the Knicks won the rights to Georgetown superstar Patrick Ewing in the first-ever NBA Draft Lottery -- it would prove to be a major turning point in the club’s history. Ewing has authored 14 years (and counting) in New York and is on his way to become the all-time club leader in virtually every category, and arguably, the greatest player to ever wear the orange and blue -- a headline performer whose No. 33 will certainly be hoisted to the Garden rafters when it is all said and done.

    A crippling knee injury to King in 1985 set off a three-year dry spell in which the Knicks would miss the Playoffs all three years as Garden attendance plummeted, but a decade-plus period in which the Knicks would again reign as one of the game’s elite began in 1987-88: general manager Al Bianchi, head coach Rick Pitino and Rookie of the Year Mark Jackson would lead the franchise to a playoff spot in the season’s final contest. With Charles Oakley and Kiki VanDeWeghe on board the next season, the Knicks won 52 games (including 26 straight at home) and the Atlantic Division title.

    In 1991, club president Dave Checketts and general manager Ernie Grunfeld guided the organization into an unforgettable era by hiring coach Pat Riley and adding names like Xavier McDaniel, Anthony Mason, Charles Smith and Derek Harper. The Riley Era -- 1991-92 through 1994-95 -- resulted in an unprecedented four consecutive 50-plus-win seasons, two Atlantic Division titles and two trips to the Eastern Conference Finals. In 1992-93, the Knicks rewrote the club record book with a franchise-record-tying 60 wins and a club record 37 home victories. Keyed by one of the greatest defensive units in NBA history (91.5 points allowed) and All-Star seasons from Ewing, Oakley and John Starks, the 1993-94 Knicks ended the three-year championship reign of the Chicago Bulls with an emotional playoff triumph, then bested Indiana to earn their first Eastern Conference Championship in 21 years, only to be denied the ultimate prize in a seven-game nailbiter series against Houston. A 55-win season in 1994-95 and a heartbreaking seven-game Playoff loss to Indiana were followed soon after by Riley’s resignation.

    After seven years as an assistant coach, youthful Jeff Van Gundy succeeded Don Nelson as head coach on March 8, 1996. Grunfeld engineered an extensive off-season facelift, putting Larry Johnson, Allan Houston, Chris Childs and Buck Williams in Knicks uniforms. The results were a 57-win season in 1996-97, followed by an emotional first-round Playoff triumph over Miami in 1997-98, a season marred by a wrist fracture suffered by Ewing. Electrifying Latrell Sprewell and youthful Marcus Camby came aboard in 1998-99 to help write one of the most memorable chapters in the club’s annals: following a 27-23 regular season, the Knicks stormed from the East’s eighth seed to win the Eastern Conference title with thrilling Playoff triumphs over arch-rivals Miami and Indiana and a four-game sweep of Atlanta, before the ultimate heartbreak of a five-game Finals loss to San Antonio.
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× The Life and Times of Tanjiro Sakai ×
× Watching: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Echo ×
× Watched:
Romeo + Juliet (1996), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training (2024), Paper Moon (1973) ×
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Post by kibaxx7 » 29 Jun 2019, 17:37

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× The Life and Times of Tanjiro Sakai ×
× Watching: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Echo ×
× Watched:
Romeo + Juliet (1996), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training (2024), Paper Moon (1973) ×
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Post by djp73 » 01 Jul 2019, 05:16

No strike?
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Post by djp73 » 01 Jul 2019, 05:17

Whoops that was 98-99

This should be sweet, following fo sho
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Post by Captain Canada » 02 Jul 2019, 11:14

I'm about it, good luck.
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Post by Scars » 02 Jul 2019, 15:18

no Dolan :blessed:
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Post by kibaxx7 » 02 Jul 2019, 23:07

djp73 wrote:
01 Jul 2019, 05:16
No strike?
djp73 wrote:
01 Jul 2019, 05:17
Whoops that was 98-99

This should be sweet, following fo sho
Captain Canada wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 11:14
I'm about it, good luck.
Scars wrote:
02 Jul 2019, 15:18
no Dolan :blessed:
Thanks guys. We start just after the '99 lockout and the trip to the Finals. Hopefully I can get Ewing a ring before he says goodbye. Definitely no Dolan.

History and roster edited! Will try to start this soon!
× The Life and Times of Tanjiro Sakai ×
× Watching: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Echo ×
× Watched:
Romeo + Juliet (1996), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Training (2024), Paper Moon (1973) ×
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Post by The JZA » 03 Jul 2019, 00:36

Break the curse, please. For the sake of the Knicks' future! :rg3:
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