For people unfamiliar with NY sports, it must seem like we're all Yankees fans, but we're not. Each of our teams appeal to different flaws of NYC human nature. The Mets appeal to the believers. I'm not going to say what the Yankees appeal to. 

The Knicks are all about losing in ever-more-hopeless ways. It would be one thing if there was a future in our future. But there isn't. This is a team that trades away top draft picks in return for big-contract failures, who stay on the payroll long after they are gone. Maybe that part is over now with the new regime. But we're still paying for the lunacy of the past. Anyway the Knicks are hopeless and not fun. 

The only things the Knicks really have going for them are: 1. The Garden. 2. Clyde. That's about it. And the memory of a long-ago team that exuded confidence, competence, even scholarship. The Knicks did at one point deserve New York, but that was a long long time ago.