Knicks can’t count on there being a next best shot at this

The Knicks have been constructed to take a number of bites at this apple, to spend a number of springs attempting so as to add a 3rd banner to Madison Sq. Backyard’s pinwheeled ceiling. They aren’t one-hit wonders, and shouldn’t be going ahead, assuming they keep fairly wholesome. This can be a core designed to take care of a definite stage of competence, and confidence. 

That’s the concept, anyway. 

The truth can generally be fairly completely different, since you by no means actually know in sports activities, not fully, not completely. Stuff occurs. Guys get damage, guys get previous. Coaches put on out their welcome, chemistry fades. You might be by no means assured a factor. It’s all the time smart to return to January 1999, in crumbling previous Mile Excessive Stadium in Denver, possibly 45 minutes after the Jets misplaced the AFC Championship recreation to Denver 23-10. 

“Nobody promises you anything,” Invoice Parcells mentioned, standing outdoors the customer’s locker room, his face gaunt, his shoulders slumped; he about 113 years previous. “Just thinking of all that has to happen just to get back to right here … it’s exhausting.”