Before the month of July became the seventh month of the year, it used to be Quintilis, the fifth. And if mi abuela had wheels, she’d be una bicicleta. Are there no absolutes in this topsy-turvy time? There never were! But have no fear: the P&T July mailbag invite is here, to lend a sense of order to our orderless, non-odorless lives.
Last month, the Knicks won the NBA title. This month, they added Andre Drummond. We’ve heard rumors about both for-EVER. Now that they’ve both come true, I wonder —
what is your favorite Knick rumor? Either oldest, wrongest, longest-running, weirdest. I remember hearing my first: June 26, 1991.
*Back then* ( I LOVE getting to use that term now!), the Knicks were in the middle of their 40 years wandering the desert in search of a point guard. They had no shot at that year’s top option, NYC’s own Kenny Anderson, who went second to the team across the river. Rumor had it the Knicks were enamored with maybe the second-best floor general available, UNLV’s Greg Anthony, but Anthony wasn’t expected to fall that far, with Milwaukee in the 11th spot and also known to be after a point guard. Rumor had it the Knicks were thrilled when the Bucks bucked expectations by instead selecting Oregon’s Terrell Brandon, leaving New York free to land Anthony, best-remembered for the ‘90s-ist shirt of all-time.
Got Knick questions or takes? Share ’em. NBA curios? Drop ‘em. Whatever your little atria and ventricles desire, shout ’em from the rooftop, baby.
