The Knicks haven’t posted a winning record since 2001. Their last playoff appearance came in 2004. They have no first-round draft pick this year. But despite all that, season tickets for the 2010-11 campaign are selling like hotcakes.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell reports the Knicks have taken deposits on 1,800 new season tickets — that’s more than they sold even in their Patrick Ewing/Pat Riley heyday.
The only possible explanation?
Fans think they’re getting LeBron.
I’m less optimistic on that point. The Knicks have a shot to sign LBJ, but several other teams will have the cap room to make King James an offer — and many of those will be much closer to title contention than a Knick team that will have just four players under contract as of July 1.
Still, it’s remarkable that a fan base that has suffered through the Scott Layden and Isiah Thomas regimes still has enough faith in the franchise to commit big dollars on the mere possibility of a big-time free agent’s arrival. Of course, it also raises the possibility of some really ugly reactions if, say, LeBron says in Cleveland and D-Wade in Miami, and the Knicks are left to rebuild around the likes of Joe Johnson and Marcus Camby.
The Audacity of Hope Reaches Madison Square Garden originally appeared on About.com Basketball on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 17:43:11.
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