Blood in the Garden: How the 90s Knicks Gave Rise to the Modern NBA (ENCORE)

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🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Despite decades of mediocrity, the New York Knicks inspire an almost religious devotion from their rabid fanbase. The Nets may play across town with three of the biggest stars in NBA history, but New York still bleeds blue and orange. That was never more evident than in the 1990s, when you could watch the Knicks fight on the court…figuratively and literally…at Madison Square Garden. Under the direction of head coach Pat Riley, and led by players like Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley and John Starks, the Knicks pioneered a style of basketball that was physical, intimidating, and rarely beautiful. Chris Herring, author of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks, explains how a team known for its tough guy image paved the way for the modern NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:12.3	First off, Happy Memorial Day, everybody.
0:14.3	Yes, it is a holiday.
0:16.6	We're off work today.
0:17.6	Hopefully year off work also, or at the very least, you're working somewhere where you can
0:22.3	sort of sneak in your butt in because this episode we're bringing you is one of my favorites
0:27.1	from the year so far.
0:29.0	And it's a time machine.
0:30.0	It's a time machine back to the 1990s, when so much was different.
0:34.8	Including the fact that the New York Knicks were a top-of-the-basketball world.
0:39.0	And even if you're not, like me, one of these sort of sad, ancestral Knicks fans who fetishized
0:46.8	that era on principle, it's also worth remembering that this was a team that played in a building
0:53.2	Madison Square Garden in the 90s where blood basically ran freely.
0:58.2	And every game was basically a street fight.
1:02.0	It's a Chris Herring beautifully explained how a team that, let's be honest here also, played
1:07.9	ugly basketball.
1:10.4	Actually gave birth to the beauty of the modern NBA.
1:16.8	I'm Pablo Torre.
1:18.3	It is Monday, May 30th.
1:21.0	This is ESPN Daily.
1:30.2	So Chris Herring, there is this video that I think about a lot too often.
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