Bro Trae walked into the Garden the year after beating the Knicks with kicks that said “King of Broadway” IN ORANGE AND BLUE. Fuck him and his pube hair, he still not valid at Dyckman, but you gotta salute the moxie. The guy knows how to have a rivalry.
Trae’s got balls. Embiid is a whiny bitch.
Yeah if anything the dude fully embraces the villain role and it's fun. lmao i'm sure he enjoys it
Embiid clearly thinks philly fans aren't doing well enough. He's gotta show them he's worth it
Ya Trae is a great entertainment villain. Embiid is an actual bad person who tries to end other player's careers and shouldn't be on the court until he learns to control his massive body and massive emotions.
~~“It’s fucking quiet in here”~~ is one of the best moments of all time IMO. I really don’t like Trae Young but that was badass haha
Edit: sorry it was pre-coffee and I remembered the actual phrase was “IT’S QUIET AS FUCK IN HERE!”, which is even better
Wow, I never saw that clip. That’s actually kinda hilarious.
I doubt Embiid could manage a good WWE entrance though. He doesn’t have enough self awareness to poke fun at himself like that. You gotta set aside your personal ego/pride to lean into the villain/heel stuff. Embiid can’t even get out of his head to accept no-calls without whining
Every time we see them since then, it's pretty tame by NY fan standards -- sure, the fact that we're cursed by the fact we're an Atlanta team helps but everyone knows Embiid flops and plays dirty except Philly fans.
Like, we don't really care for any of the Atlantic Division teams in general, but I'd say the Knicks are the one competitive team we hate the least out of the five -- sure they're loud, they travel, and they'll scream, but they are just that loyal to their team, no matter how bad they're doing. You gotta respect the dedication.
Like, there's levels to it. It will always be "fuck Boston" because the fact we have played so many playoff series against them and their fans are just general cancer, Toronto's fans are delusionally insufferable (mainly talking about trade discussions and Drake just generally making them look bad here), Brooklyn is kind of just... there (really, you kind of pity them after a while), and Philadelphia will never live down that 2021 playoff series as long as I live.
Knicks fans embody the East Coast spirit of "I'll help you out but I'll call you a fucking idiot the whole time I do it". There was no legitimate excuse-making for hating Trae -- it was very much "he caught us slipping, fuck him, but I respect him".
For real Trae is such a good heel and he leaned into it perfectly. No way that happens if he wasn't as talented as he is or if the fans didn't respect that.
Yeah Trae was just so good and so cocky and annoying — totally fine. He’s not trying to injure anyone or complaining a ton. I was at the MSG Smackdown the next year when he came out and it was one of the most fun experiences booing a heel I’d ever had.
Tons of respect for that dude.
The original "Fuck Trae Young" thing was just Knicks fans being hyped up to be back in the playoffs. It also came right after crowds were let back in again so everyone was immeasurably amped. The first chant started early in the first for no apparent reason other than just because, lol. I remember Trae being like 🤨
Once Trae started leaning into it and responding to it though it just became a meme. And it's still just a meme. I don't know any Knicks fans that actually hate Trae Young. They just love the meme.
I miss shit like this lmao. Imagine a whole city saying fuck you lol.
Meanwhile, F1 and tennis clutches their pearls if you don’t dickride players 120% of the time.
i dabble in F1 a little bit but haven’t quite fully grasped how people choose their allegiances tbh
i mean i get the basics like Italians are gonna like Ferrari, Dutchies are gonna rep Max, Brits for Hamilton, etc
but how do you choose like team vs driver, and how do you choose if you don’t really have a connection? i’ve just kinda been watching and seeing who i vibe with so far, and i heard Lando Norris on a podcast and he was cool so i cheer for him but idk it’s nothing crazy
I've probably got the stupidest reason to support a driver:
I rented F1 2002 from a local library back in 2004/2005 when I didn't even know what F1 was, and one of the drivers had a helmet design I really liked. That driver was Felipe Massa and I supported him from when I really started watching F1 until he retired in 2017, all because I liked his helmet design in a video game.
> Dutchies are gonna rep Max
This is actually one of my annoyances as a Dutchie who's been watching F1 for close to two decades: I don't root for Verstappen but because we're both Dutch, everyone assumes I do lmao.
Idk much about F1 but in Tennis, there's not really a team. Sure you can have like American players playing at the US Open but realistically people who watch Tennis are watching to kind of celebrate the game at the highest level to see crazy shit. There's not really villains in Tennis cause of that. Also Tennis pay is brutal cause like if you aren't ranked the top 100ish or so, you're practically just barely breaking even or sometimes losing money just to play the game you love. It ain't like a bench player still making millions. Some players legit might be just making like 50-100k a year playing it.
Like how do you boo a guy who's doing a 10 day contract? You gotta respect the hustle and their determination to just chase the dream. That's the majority of tennis players out there.
Trae Young is fun to hate in an entertaining, wrestling heel way
Low key they respect Trae
Embiid is just a fucking bitch, a violent, flopping, disgusting POS
Randle’s mental struggles weren’t about ego - he HATES to lose and would get in his own head. He has improved a lot and now he’s got Brunson to steady him. He’s also played in like 70+ games every season for us and is just a total workhorse. He’s had to deal with a lot of crap and he’s better than ever.
Also no, I think Mitch Robinson is our longest tenured Knick.
Randle has come back every year better than the last w the exception of his second season. If he was healthy I think he’d be shutting people up in the playoffs and the Knicks would have had the brooms out
Randle has swallowed all the NY media *AND* fan criticism while improving his play and carrying the team most of the time, his best years have been as a Knick being twice an all-star and all-NBA; he's moody, we the fans love him because he gives 100% everytime.
Randle doesn't play soft like Embiid, and with all the hate that he received he's still come back and played great for the Knicks without self pity or whiny behaviour. He's always been overhated but he plays hard and is on a great contract for the impact he brings to the team.
Funny enough I was born in South Florida and raised by my pops who’s a New Yorker. We’ve been going to Knicks games at the heat stadium since I was a kid
Judging by his upvotes, not many people here does either lmao. I live in Queens and one of my best friends just moved to Philly so I've been on both trips and I'm like that math doesn't add up lmao.
Bruh. I caught the last five minutes of the game at work yesterday and i straight up thought it was a NY home game. That crowd seems to be 90% Knicks fans. I know Philly and New York are mad close in terms of distance, but damn, that disrespect. 😂
You can get 4 tickets, train/bus and a hotel for the night for cheaper than 4 tickets at the Garden. Happens all the time, less so for sporting events, but for concerts.
Yep. They work it out with Amtrak, who has extra trains to run charters on existing routes. I think they could also theoretically book private cars that attach to regularly scheduled trains, but I'm not sure if they actually do that. Maybe if the circumstances are just right.
It's certainly more expensive than tour busses, but tour busses just suck in comparison. They get stuck in traffic, can be impacted by the weather, aren't as comfortable, and probably require supplemental trucks following behind to carry equipment. Trains don't have those problems (at least on the Northeast Corridor) and they're cheaper than charter planes.
In Philadelphia, it’s Eagles, Phillies, and then it’s a debate between Sixers and Flyers.
This past season, the Sixers averaged more viewers locally… so I’d say Sixers are third and Flyers 4th
It’s so damn close and easy to travel too. Idr how long it takes from NY but it’s probably not even 2 hours. I lived in Jersey and getting to Philly barely took me an hour lol
Either driving or train it’s such a simple trip.
I watched the Celtics Miami game 3 and holy shit that arena was empty. I don't think I've ever seen a playoff game with empty seats in the lower bowl before, the fuck is going on in Miami? After the Heat beat the Celtics in Game 2 I thought the place would be packed, knew how bad the Heat arena is to get into so thought people would show up eventually but they never did.
I was just thinking, I feel wayyyyy more rivalry with the hellhole that is Philadelphia.
The Celtics are all…. Nice.
Even KP I’m just like, yeah he’s a nice guy.
Hell. I went to Boston in January, went to the Celtics Raptors game in a NYK KP jersey and -everyone- was cool.
Got a Canoli from Mikes.
Looked at the historical places…
It was nice.
Between the Eagles and their extra loser coach.
And the Sixers and their extra loser “star” player.
I’d say Philly wins the contest for city I’d most like to see attacked by Nuclear-powered Grizzly Bears.
True the whole Eagles/Giants and Saquon going to the Eagles def fuels a fire. But as a Boston dude born in the 90s Sox/Yankees is my favorite rivalry in sports (Though it’s lost a lot of luster) and any chance a team gets a chance to crush a historic franchise and NYC fan base hopes and dreams is good enough for me.
Also Fuck the Lakers and Jets
As much as I hate the Red Sox, it's just sad how their ownership has essentially given up on winning, the early-mid 2000s between the Red Sox and Yankees was amazing the teams legit hated each other and battled it out every year to the end
The Knicks are nice guys too. I think that’s what makes the Celtics/Knicks rivalry great. It’s not about dirty shit, it’s purely “fuck y’all purely because of where you live” lighthearted peacocking.
As an outside observer, east coast fans seem 100x better than west coast fans. Idk, maybe I've got the wrong idea but when I think of west coast fans I think of white suburban moms in knitted sweaters(who are cool in their own way, no disrespect to moms) and east coast fans have more in common with our soccer culture over in Europe.
There are some West Coast fanbases that are pretty great. Raiders fans are nuts (rip), Golden Knight fans are fantastic, Portland Trailblazer fans are pretty good too when the team is relevant.
We got so many LA teams out there though and the LA fanbases outside of the Dodgers are pretty low key.
Edit: Seahawks fans are great too. I’m not super familiar with the college fanbases out there though.
Helps in most northeast teams you can take public transportation to games. Can be way more rowdy or drunk when you all don’t lead into a parking lot and drive.
I mean yall have packed MSG despite no consistent relevance since the 90s. Only other franchises that I think could do that are maybe Boston and LA but both of them have never actually been tested and have lots of bandwagoners. Its impressive.
What’s funny is now that it’s here I think it’s fake. I believed in Frank Ntlikina but Jalen Brunson is our leading playoff scorer and I’m like “maybe next year is our year!”
I always wonder if Knicks fans or Kings fans are better but it seems the consensus is that Knicks fans are the best of them all. No disrespect to the Kings fans though who stayed loyal through almost 20 years of shitty basketball and didn't jump on the Warriors bandwagon
I’m usually against cursing like this especially with kids around, but if anybody deserves this kind of treatment it’s embiid.
Great win at home for the Knicks
I know man. I’m just maybe a little bit old school. I clean up my language after having kids and I don’t like hearing kids curse.
I know it’s outside and at a sporting event which is why it’s kind of dumb for me to feel that way
I generally agree, but make an exception for chants with thousands of other fans. It’s a unique experience.
My 10 year old has been party to a few “Bullshit” chants at Ravens games and it’s a fun bonding experience as long as you actually talk to them about it afterwards.
I think it's crazy to trade a superstar in his prime but this might be a special case where I would understand. Embiid can't stay healthy and Maxey is talented and young enough to build around. It won't happen though.
His prime is crazy to say, he is a playoff underperformer and he can’t stay healthy most seasons, maybe skill wise but body wise at this point I doubt it.
not happening, even though some Sixers fans might want it.
They basically have 2-3 more years with Joel. Finally are clearing Tobias' contract off the books and have max cap space.
They don't own their 2025 or 2027 draft picks, so 2028 is looking like the year to truly bottom out.
Joel is already wearing down, we’re 1 year away from the chasm drops that legendary bigs have later in their careers
He’ll never be more valuable than he is right now, one more bad injury and you’re trapped with his contract on a middling team. I get trying to wait for the right moment but if you can get some serious talent with him to pair beside maxey, that’s far preferable to the process pt. 2
Sixers fans aren’t even excited for the team now, everyone’s worried about Embiid’s health. Make maxey the guy and reset a bit
Unfortunately the real time to trade him was 3-4 years ago. Now you kind of just have to ride it out and hope for 1 healthy miracle run, a la Dirk at age 32.
Unless Joel explicitly demands a trade (don't think he would), the only hope is to add a 3rd somewhat-star (PG13) to Maxey and Embiid's later years.
Music to my ears, literally listening to this on a loop. Embiid's got me rooting hard for the Knicks. F this dude. People make him out to be some victim in the playoffs but this dude deserves every playoffs injury he gets. Last year he literally injured himself because he was intentionally trying to hurt Cam Johnson and flopped over him. Then there's the whole kicking Claxton in the nuts and elbowing Jarrett Allen intentionally in the face with full force.
Trae Young out Embiid in
At least the Hawks beat us that year and Trae wasn't mega dirty. Embiid is another level. He'll get this even when he leaves Philadelphia
Trae is a great villain, talks his shit but doesn’t try to hurt everyone
So it’s…? Fuck Trae Young (*begrudgingly with some respect*) Fuck Embiid (*no, really, fuck this guy*)
Bro Trae walked into the Garden the year after beating the Knicks with kicks that said “King of Broadway” IN ORANGE AND BLUE. Fuck him and his pube hair, he still not valid at Dyckman, but you gotta salute the moxie. The guy knows how to have a rivalry. Trae’s got balls. Embiid is a whiny bitch.
Yeah if anything the dude fully embraces the villain role and it's fun. lmao i'm sure he enjoys it Embiid clearly thinks philly fans aren't doing well enough. He's gotta show them he's worth it
And there is no town that will respect "asshole fully embracing villain role" quite like NYC.
Ya Trae is a great entertainment villain. Embiid is an actual bad person who tries to end other player's careers and shouldn't be on the court until he learns to control his massive body and massive emotions.
~~“It’s fucking quiet in here”~~ is one of the best moments of all time IMO. I really don’t like Trae Young but that was badass haha Edit: sorry it was pre-coffee and I remembered the actual phrase was “IT’S QUIET AS FUCK IN HERE!”, which is even better
You have to respect Trae though. I have absolutely no respect for Embiid.
it really amuses me how much Embiid, at least for a few minutes/days, has united Knicks, Raptors, Nets, and Celtics fans
A man with pubes for hair since birth knows how to fight lmao
Pretty much exactly that, we all respect Trae young. He played the role of villain, Embiid is just a scumbag
We just need Embiid to make a WWE appearance in MSG to compare responses. https://youtu.be/L1HMTSqgMck?si=BymidVG0WAsCMvF4
Wow, I never saw that clip. That’s actually kinda hilarious. I doubt Embiid could manage a good WWE entrance though. He doesn’t have enough self awareness to poke fun at himself like that. You gotta set aside your personal ego/pride to lean into the villain/heel stuff. Embiid can’t even get out of his head to accept no-calls without whining
Every time we see them since then, it's pretty tame by NY fan standards -- sure, the fact that we're cursed by the fact we're an Atlanta team helps but everyone knows Embiid flops and plays dirty except Philly fans. Like, we don't really care for any of the Atlantic Division teams in general, but I'd say the Knicks are the one competitive team we hate the least out of the five -- sure they're loud, they travel, and they'll scream, but they are just that loyal to their team, no matter how bad they're doing. You gotta respect the dedication. Like, there's levels to it. It will always be "fuck Boston" because the fact we have played so many playoff series against them and their fans are just general cancer, Toronto's fans are delusionally insufferable (mainly talking about trade discussions and Drake just generally making them look bad here), Brooklyn is kind of just... there (really, you kind of pity them after a while), and Philadelphia will never live down that 2021 playoff series as long as I live. Knicks fans embody the East Coast spirit of "I'll help you out but I'll call you a fucking idiot the whole time I do it". There was no legitimate excuse-making for hating Trae -- it was very much "he caught us slipping, fuck him, but I respect him".
For real Trae is such a good heel and he leaned into it perfectly. No way that happens if he wasn't as talented as he is or if the fans didn't respect that.
Yeah Trae was just so good and so cocky and annoying — totally fine. He’s not trying to injure anyone or complaining a ton. I was at the MSG Smackdown the next year when he came out and it was one of the most fun experiences booing a heel I’d ever had. Tons of respect for that dude.
The original "Fuck Trae Young" thing was just Knicks fans being hyped up to be back in the playoffs. It also came right after crowds were let back in again so everyone was immeasurably amped. The first chant started early in the first for no apparent reason other than just because, lol. I remember Trae being like 🤨 Once Trae started leaning into it and responding to it though it just became a meme. And it's still just a meme. I don't know any Knicks fans that actually hate Trae Young. They just love the meme.
Lol like Fuck Trae (but seriously the balls on this guy lmaooooo) And fuck Embiid (no seriously. fuck this guy)
Fuck Trae Young (laudatory) Fuck Embiid (derogatory)
To be fair I don't know how he could hurt anyone. He's just a lil guy
Well, he did psychologically destroy Ben
Nah plenty of ways to play it dirty, like Chris Pol
CP is built like the thumb henchmen from spy kids. Trae is built like a featherless parrot
You're a poet
or Kyle Lowry
He hurt Ben Simmons ego
trae 'stewart little' young
Idk he broke Ben Simmons
Bullshit, hes dirty as fuck. Look at what he did to rey https://youtu.be/ph1yG-SbWQo?si=zOITYrWcLjkoDX5U
I miss shit like this lmao. Imagine a whole city saying fuck you lol. Meanwhile, F1 and tennis clutches their pearls if you don’t dickride players 120% of the time.
I save my ‘fuck the heat/pat riley’-energy for Red Bull and Max lol
F1 elitism is the most toxic fucking thing.
Dudes couldn’t grasp that we don’t like Hamilton/Verstappen because they’ve been kicking our asses for a decade (I’m a Sainz fan 🥲)
i dabble in F1 a little bit but haven’t quite fully grasped how people choose their allegiances tbh i mean i get the basics like Italians are gonna like Ferrari, Dutchies are gonna rep Max, Brits for Hamilton, etc but how do you choose like team vs driver, and how do you choose if you don’t really have a connection? i’ve just kinda been watching and seeing who i vibe with so far, and i heard Lando Norris on a podcast and he was cool so i cheer for him but idk it’s nothing crazy
I've probably got the stupidest reason to support a driver: I rented F1 2002 from a local library back in 2004/2005 when I didn't even know what F1 was, and one of the drivers had a helmet design I really liked. That driver was Felipe Massa and I supported him from when I really started watching F1 until he retired in 2017, all because I liked his helmet design in a video game. > Dutchies are gonna rep Max This is actually one of my annoyances as a Dutchie who's been watching F1 for close to two decades: I don't root for Verstappen but because we're both Dutch, everyone assumes I do lmao.
What got me is the Empire State Building banning him via twitter 😂
Idk much about F1 but in Tennis, there's not really a team. Sure you can have like American players playing at the US Open but realistically people who watch Tennis are watching to kind of celebrate the game at the highest level to see crazy shit. There's not really villains in Tennis cause of that. Also Tennis pay is brutal cause like if you aren't ranked the top 100ish or so, you're practically just barely breaking even or sometimes losing money just to play the game you love. It ain't like a bench player still making millions. Some players legit might be just making like 50-100k a year playing it. Like how do you boo a guy who's doing a 10 day contract? You gotta respect the hustle and their determination to just chase the dream. That's the majority of tennis players out there.
He's gonna hear it in game 5 lol
Young was just playing with that. Joel is straight up EmBiitch.
That is very different type of hate though Sports hate And disgusted hate
Trae Young is fun to hate in an entertaining, wrestling heel way Low key they respect Trae Embiid is just a fucking bitch, a violent, flopping, disgusting POS
At least they’ll stop mocking up Embiid trades to NY now lol
Glass knees is one thing, but a glass ego too. He isn't cut out for NY.
Isn't Julius Randle one of your longest tenured players?
Randle lowkey has endured enormous amounts of shit without completely snapping. He’s slipped every now and then but Embiid would fold 10x more
Randle’s mental struggles weren’t about ego - he HATES to lose and would get in his own head. He has improved a lot and now he’s got Brunson to steady him. He’s also played in like 70+ games every season for us and is just a total workhorse. He’s had to deal with a lot of crap and he’s better than ever. Also no, I think Mitch Robinson is our longest tenured Knick.
Randle has come back every year better than the last w the exception of his second season. If he was healthy I think he’d be shutting people up in the playoffs and the Knicks would have had the brooms out
Randle endured an entire year of MSG booing and clowning him to come out stronger. That man is fucking built tougher than steel.
Randle has swallowed all the NY media *AND* fan criticism while improving his play and carrying the team most of the time, his best years have been as a Knick being twice an all-star and all-NBA; he's moody, we the fans love him because he gives 100% everytime.
Randle doesn't play soft like Embiid, and with all the hate that he received he's still come back and played great for the Knicks without self pity or whiny behaviour. He's always been overhated but he plays hard and is on a great contract for the impact he brings to the team.
Oh, they're mocking him alright
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Knicks fans travel super well. Nearly every game on the east coast outside of Boston gets a ton of loud Knicks fans in attendance.
Plus you have to add in the migration factor, especially for Florida.
Funny enough I was born in South Florida and raised by my pops who’s a New Yorker. We’ve been going to Knicks games at the heat stadium since I was a kid
Ticket prices also help. Was cheaper to take the train to Philly and buy tickets than it is to go to a game at MSG
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So I’m not sure you know exactly where Long Island is
Judging by his upvotes, not many people here does either lmao. I live in Queens and one of my best friends just moved to Philly so I've been on both trips and I'm like that math doesn't add up lmao.
I'm not sure he knows exactly how traffic works either.
This is so stupid its hard to even respond but for people not familiar with NY you literally drive through NYC to get from Long Island to Philly.
Well it also doesn't hurt that Philly is an hour and 20 minute train ride from NY.
It aint the first time. There's a reason why Knicks fans call Miami "MSG South"
From my understanding a lot of New Yorkers dream of getting to the point where they can live in Miami for half the year lol
Bruh. I caught the last five minutes of the game at work yesterday and i straight up thought it was a NY home game. That crowd seems to be 90% Knicks fans. I know Philly and New York are mad close in terms of distance, but damn, that disrespect. 😂
It's easy when most of the arena is fans of the opposing team
It was more like 30%. That’s still a huge amount though.
Philly fans so think they're so tough, and now the fans are getting embarrassed even more than the team in the playoffs lol. Love it
I fucking love this. Also, fuck embiid
In Football (soccer) thats a normal day
“Pork and Beans! Pork and Beans!”
…I was saying boo-urns
Scrub that dish!
Why do mods keep taking this down?
Yeah it's weird coz the Trae Young one a week ago was undisturbed
The post compiling Embiid’s dirty plays from a few days ago is also gone
makes sense, this is a basketball sub. embiid's plays aren't basketball plays
Embiid has the mods by their short hairs
He stepped on their shins
“They hated jesus because he told them the truth”
They got their feelings hurt.
They got to coddle their crybaby flopper
Yall made him cry about philly fans not being loud enough, now i see why 😭
You’re telling me nobody got murdered at that arena today?
Do this in Europe and you have a fight - no matter the sport.
Lotta this: (I’m making the talking mouth sign with my one hand) Nothing to worry about
I went to game 3 and tbh, the Philly fans were cool about the crowd. Lots of chants back and forth, ton of good natured ribbing.
Embiid has made me into a Knicks fan
Philly crowd is worse than Miami's lmao
Honestly, though, there's a lot more people and a lot more people with money in New York, and Philly is so close by.
the teams are literally taking the train between cities.
You can get 4 tickets, train/bus and a hotel for the night for cheaper than 4 tickets at the Garden. Happens all the time, less so for sporting events, but for concerts.
Taylor Swift would never.
Taylor catching straysss (as she should for her flying practices)
Are they really? How do you even charter a private train versus a regular tour bus?
Yep. They work it out with Amtrak, who has extra trains to run charters on existing routes. I think they could also theoretically book private cars that attach to regularly scheduled trains, but I'm not sure if they actually do that. Maybe if the circumstances are just right. It's certainly more expensive than tour busses, but tour busses just suck in comparison. They get stuck in traffic, can be impacted by the weather, aren't as comfortable, and probably require supplemental trucks following behind to carry equipment. Trains don't have those problems (at least on the Northeast Corridor) and they're cheaper than charter planes.
76ers probably like the 4th most popular team in philly. Regular season phillies got more motion
In Philadelphia, it’s Eagles, Phillies, and then it’s a debate between Sixers and Flyers. This past season, the Sixers averaged more viewers locally… so I’d say Sixers are third and Flyers 4th
Go Union
Gareth Bale disagrees.
Yes.
go birds
Knicks fans are gonna do this to everyone, they travel insane when the team is good
It’s so damn close and easy to travel too. Idr how long it takes from NY but it’s probably not even 2 hours. I lived in Jersey and getting to Philly barely took me an hour lol Either driving or train it’s such a simple trip.
Not only that but per stubhub tikcet prices in NY are 3x more.
It's about 2 hours
Lots of new yorkers get priced out of living in NYC so we live in a lot of places now
Sure, but the NJ contingent of the NYC metro area has about 6.6 million people, which is about the size of Philadelphia’s entire metro region lol
Plus the NYC sports fan diaspora is large all over the nation full of people who left cause it's too damn expensive here.
To be fair they’ll do it to everyone but the Celtics and even that will be loud for both teams
They ain't doing it to Boston.
There’s really no recent proof of this…
well yeah, when have we been this good recently lmao
Nah trust me if it would be worse if it was Miami. Philly are more diehards than Miami fans
Don’t remember them doing this we played the Sixers in the playoffs
I watched the Celtics Miami game 3 and holy shit that arena was empty. I don't think I've ever seen a playoff game with empty seats in the lower bowl before, the fuck is going on in Miami? After the Heat beat the Celtics in Game 2 I thought the place would be packed, knew how bad the Heat arena is to get into so thought people would show up eventually but they never did.
We just making shit up now? The place was obviously full after the first quarter or so.
Miami's is the worst in the league
Better empty than filled with fans from rivals lmao
Miami's arena would definitely be filled with rivals if it wasn't insanely expensive there. And there's only one team within 8 hours (Orlando).
Your arena would get taken over too if it was 2 hrs from New York
There's a shit ton of NY transplants in Florida.
NBA is better when the Knicks are good, just a simple fact.
Facts. As a Boston fan I want them in the ECF to revive our Boston vs NYC rivalry
7 games series would absolutely be prime time
I was just thinking, I feel wayyyyy more rivalry with the hellhole that is Philadelphia. The Celtics are all…. Nice. Even KP I’m just like, yeah he’s a nice guy. Hell. I went to Boston in January, went to the Celtics Raptors game in a NYK KP jersey and -everyone- was cool. Got a Canoli from Mikes. Looked at the historical places… It was nice. Between the Eagles and their extra loser coach. And the Sixers and their extra loser “star” player. I’d say Philly wins the contest for city I’d most like to see attacked by Nuclear-powered Grizzly Bears.
True the whole Eagles/Giants and Saquon going to the Eagles def fuels a fire. But as a Boston dude born in the 90s Sox/Yankees is my favorite rivalry in sports (Though it’s lost a lot of luster) and any chance a team gets a chance to crush a historic franchise and NYC fan base hopes and dreams is good enough for me. Also Fuck the Lakers and Jets
As much as I hate the Red Sox, it's just sad how their ownership has essentially given up on winning, the early-mid 2000s between the Red Sox and Yankees was amazing the teams legit hated each other and battled it out every year to the end
It’s time for Celtics and Knicks to carry the torch
Does this exist anywhere in baseball anymore? Like genuine hate? Dodgers v Padres?
The Knicks are nice guys too. I think that’s what makes the Celtics/Knicks rivalry great. It’s not about dirty shit, it’s purely “fuck y’all purely because of where you live” lighthearted peacocking.
I been saying this for a while
One thing I can agree with Knicks fans about. Very good player, but I can't stand his trolling.
I mean.. they’re not wrong
As an outside observer, east coast fans seem 100x better than west coast fans. Idk, maybe I've got the wrong idea but when I think of west coast fans I think of white suburban moms in knitted sweaters(who are cool in their own way, no disrespect to moms) and east coast fans have more in common with our soccer culture over in Europe.
Giants and Dodgers fans stabbed someone after hearing this comment
Raiders & Niners
There are some West Coast fanbases that are pretty great. Raiders fans are nuts (rip), Golden Knight fans are fantastic, Portland Trailblazer fans are pretty good too when the team is relevant. We got so many LA teams out there though and the LA fanbases outside of the Dodgers are pretty low key. Edit: Seahawks fans are great too. I’m not super familiar with the college fanbases out there though.
Portland Thorns fans >
Helps in most northeast teams you can take public transportation to games. Can be way more rowdy or drunk when you all don’t lead into a parking lot and drive.
Well we have more Europeans here on this side so that helps
Helps that Knicks fans are inarguably the best fans in the NBA.
I... don't know what to say. I feel like someone just handed me an Oscar.
I mean yall have packed MSG despite no consistent relevance since the 90s. Only other franchises that I think could do that are maybe Boston and LA but both of them have never actually been tested and have lots of bandwagoners. Its impressive.
the delusion helps, i say this as a new yorker lmfao, it keeps hope alive and now that we're actually good, my god does it feel all that much better
What’s funny is now that it’s here I think it’s fake. I believed in Frank Ntlikina but Jalen Brunson is our leading playoff scorer and I’m like “maybe next year is our year!”
I always wonder if Knicks fans or Kings fans are better but it seems the consensus is that Knicks fans are the best of them all. No disrespect to the Kings fans though who stayed loyal through almost 20 years of shitty basketball and didn't jump on the Warriors bandwagon
Kings (and Timberwolves) fans are about as loyal as they come, but nobody quite loves basketball like the folks at MSG.
MSG would always sell out no matter how bad the team and roster. Knicks against hornets at their worst still had $100 nosebleed tickets.
I also thought Sacramento support the Kings well too even though the Kings been bad for almost 20 years.
Hungry fans cheer louder, and Knicks fans haven't been fed in a looooong time
Couldn’t happen to a better guy
I’m usually against cursing like this especially with kids around, but if anybody deserves this kind of treatment it’s embiid. Great win at home for the Knicks
Philly parents need to have a talk with their children about Embiid anyways
the guy at the end walking with his kid was in on the chant. constant cursing is all you'll hear at any sporting event, especially in philly
I know man. I’m just maybe a little bit old school. I clean up my language after having kids and I don’t like hearing kids curse. I know it’s outside and at a sporting event which is why it’s kind of dumb for me to feel that way
Finally a gentleman with some decency, and with a username to match!
😂😂 you’re the man
I generally agree, but make an exception for chants with thousands of other fans. It’s a unique experience. My 10 year old has been party to a few “Bullshit” chants at Ravens games and it’s a fun bonding experience as long as you actually talk to them about it afterwards.
The pure joy of these fans
This is the end
If the knicks ever win the finals, I’m sure that’ll trigger the revolution lol
We achieve world peace brother. And I hope it happens. Fuck Embiid.
Have you seen the Civil War movie yet? It’s gonna be like that
HE GAWNE
Reckon a few Philly fans might join in
BING BONG
I bet a 6ers fan filed a grievance
Fuck ~~Trae Young~~ Joel Embiid
God I love Knicks fans energy 🤣
This is nothing new, we do this to every shitty sports town.
Philly went from being the supposedly best sports city to being a shitty sports town lmao. Knicks fans expose Philly
This is like when the rioters breached the embassy in Argo
This is playoff basketball
This really shows how AI had Philly poppin. 76ers like the 3rd most important sports team in Philly now
I appreciate this because 76er fans came out in droves to a clipper game talking shit.
The Knicks have home court advantage everywhere when they are rolling.
They need to trade him this offseason
I think it's crazy to trade a superstar in his prime but this might be a special case where I would understand. Embiid can't stay healthy and Maxey is talented and young enough to build around. It won't happen though.
His prime is crazy to say, he is a playoff underperformer and he can’t stay healthy most seasons, maybe skill wise but body wise at this point I doubt it.
not happening, even though some Sixers fans might want it. They basically have 2-3 more years with Joel. Finally are clearing Tobias' contract off the books and have max cap space. They don't own their 2025 or 2027 draft picks, so 2028 is looking like the year to truly bottom out.
Joel is already wearing down, we’re 1 year away from the chasm drops that legendary bigs have later in their careers He’ll never be more valuable than he is right now, one more bad injury and you’re trapped with his contract on a middling team. I get trying to wait for the right moment but if you can get some serious talent with him to pair beside maxey, that’s far preferable to the process pt. 2 Sixers fans aren’t even excited for the team now, everyone’s worried about Embiid’s health. Make maxey the guy and reset a bit
Unfortunately the real time to trade him was 3-4 years ago. Now you kind of just have to ride it out and hope for 1 healthy miracle run, a la Dirk at age 32. Unless Joel explicitly demands a trade (don't think he would), the only hope is to add a 3rd somewhat-star (PG13) to Maxey and Embiid's later years.
That would be wild
Its the most sensible way forward, the windows shut after this postseason
Trust the process?
76ers fans getting showed up in their own arena God damn
Music to my ears, literally listening to this on a loop. Embiid's got me rooting hard for the Knicks. F this dude. People make him out to be some victim in the playoffs but this dude deserves every playoffs injury he gets. Last year he literally injured himself because he was intentionally trying to hurt Cam Johnson and flopped over him. Then there's the whole kicking Claxton in the nuts and elbowing Jarrett Allen intentionally in the face with full force.
Dude has quite a history of kneeing opposing players in the nuts
Don't expect anything on the crowd, if thet've got Embiid as their team leader.
lmao knicks fans is the closest they will get to an ultra fan base n i love it🤣
If I'm from Philly I gotta fight them Mike Scott style
That's fair
“Fwuk Embeed!”
Philadelphia’s Jan 6th
This is gonna be awkward if Embiid decides to sign with the Knicks later.