robillionaire wrote:WargamesX wrote:TheGreenArrow wrote:2 of my most hated Knicks of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He’s really becoming the most hated athlete in NY. This is why they kept him from talking to the media.
He’s Marbury 2.0 and they know it.
Why did Knicks fans hate Marbury
Not all of us hated Steph.
We surrounded him with garbage. Then got upset when he couldn't lead us to the promised land. Same with Melo, except Melo put himself in that position. We ended up hating him for not being Lebron.
We as fans get what we deserve. We don't root for our players. We root for ourselves. Our entire identity revolves around stripping and beating athletes down for the world to see. Because apparently, we are "tough NYers" or something. Eli won us 2 superbowls (in spectacular fashion, mind you) and we still killed him. This is what we do.
People are reading that new book that's out lamenting the fact that Pat Riley chose to leave this joyless and illusory hellscape, when they forget that he himself called out the viciousness of the fans back when they were torturing Charles Smith every time he touched the ball.
I can't stop being a fan of this team, that's just how I'm coded. I love the Knicks, but I despise "Knicks fan culture." Even if if we somehow miraculously win a title in the near future, a whole, whole lot of this "fan" base will not deserve it.