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Knicks Film School

Greg Armstrong on a Half Century of Knicks Fandom

Knicks Film School

Big Pond Podcasts

News, Sports News, Tom Thibodeau, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Basketball, Sports, Og Anunoby, New York Knicks, Josh Hart

4.8730 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jon is joined by long-time Knicks fan and season ticket holder Greg Armstrong to talk about his nearly 50 years rooting for the team. They go through the post-championship years, watching Bernard King live, Patrick Ewing and the 90's, being at MSG for the 4-point play, Melo's lasting legacy, and what's to come in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.8

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0:11.1

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0:16.2

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0:21.8

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0:23.0

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0:52.2

Music Hey there, Nick's fans.

1:13.5

How are you doing? It's your boy, John DeMackery, with you for another episode of the Knicks Film School podcast. I am, if I sound excited, if there sounds like there's a little tingle in my voice, that's because I just got done, actually, with the interview that you were about to hear. And it was a treat. It was a real treat. So if you've been on Twitter, if you have watched the Nick Game at all this season

1:22.2

and seen the commercials on MSG, if you have been to MSG in the recent future or in the recent past, or any time this

1:30.8

season, you saw his, he has a little billboard up.

1:33.3

I talked to very long-time Nick fan Greg Armstrong.

1:38.8

He is a little bit of a minor celebrity in some circles, as he should be, because he is certainly my

1:47.2

embodiment of a true Nick fan. He's been rooting for the team for almost 50 years, been a season

1:54.5

ticket holder for almost 27. You know, and as basketball has, you know, there's not a whole lot of Nick's news right now.

2:02.3

And I'll, we're, I got some more draft prospect stuff lined up.

2:05.8

But we still got a bunch of weeks of the draft and even longer until free agency.

2:10.0

So I really wanted to try to continue to get some different guests on the pod and get some different, you know, get a different

2:18.8

feel because, like, I love talking to people who analyze basketball for a living and

2:24.9

people who coach it and people who used to play it or whatever.

2:28.1

But I have to say, talking to Greg about, you know, almost half a century as a Nick fan and those memories

2:38.0

and experiences, it was, uh, it was a good reminder of why I, I do this every, every day, um,

2:49.8

because he, he just, you know, he bleeds orange and blue.

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