How It Feels To Be A Knicks Fan

Open Floor: SI's NBA Show

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🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chris Mannix sits down with his longtime friend Alex, a long-suffering Knicks fan, to talk about New York's magical run to the Finals, the team's past failures, and what will happen to the city if they win.

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0:00.0	Now playing.
0:01.5	Open Floor.
0:03.1	This is Open Floor.
0:05.3	Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it.
0:07.7	An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer.
0:11.5	I think it's time that the world get to know.
0:14.1	My guy Chris Manix.
0:15.4	I think your opinion is shared by everyone.
0:17.1	And now it begins.
0:18.3	Now it begins.
0:19.5	Bang!
0:24.6	Hey. everyone. And now it begins. Now it begins. Bang! I can't believe I'm doing this.
0:27.7	I really can't believe I'm doing this.
0:30.8	I thought this was Pablo Tori finds out.
0:33.8	It's not.
0:34.7	I would not have come here.
0:40.5	Otherwise, I thought that was the show I was going on.
0:51.0	All right. Let me set this up. Last week, as I am walking the concourse of the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, I heard a familiar voice.
0:57.0	The loud, nasally sound that I've gotten used to over the last 20 years from some 30 feet away. I turn around and I see my good friend Alex, who was among the thousands
1:03.9	of Knicks fans who made the trip to Texas for the opener of the Spurs Nix series. Now, I've been
1:10.1	on record many times, and I'll repeat it here.
1:14.3	Knicks fans are the best fans in sports.
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