Article graphics by Omar Zahran (@omarzahran.bsky.social on Bluesky)
There are peaks and valleys to being a Knicks fan. This truth has never been clearer than recently following a loss to the Pistons on February 19th and win against the Rockets on February 21st. After being dismantled for the third time by Detroit this season, many of us thought that this season was a lost cause and that this experiment was a doomed failure. But a mere 48 hours later, the team completes its biggest comeback of the season against Houston and hope springs eternal.
Part of this dynamic is the rollercoaster of fandom—we ride the highs and the lows and lose our sanity while the games are being played. But this particular version of the Knicks, the one that claims to have championship aspirations, seems to toe the line of our expectations delivering joy and disappointment in whiplash-inducing succession. The team has reiterated throughout the season that they are focused on the title, but in the Social Internet Age, are we even capable of thinking that far ahead?
