1993-94 Knicks were the best Knicks team of the Ewing era

[TheGoatest]

Every other year of the 90s they had 1 all-star. That exact 1993-94 season they had 3:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6f/77/ff/6f77ff0789c6df79846e7c5e947020cc.jpg

1993-94 also happened to be the Knicks' most injury-plagued regular season of the 90s, yet they still won 57 games.

It was truly a heroic act by the 1993-94 Bulls to take this team to 7 games, only to be tragically get screwed over by this:

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[Full Court]

There was a story in the news about a guy who was in a car accident. The vehicle caught fire, and his eyelids were burnt off. It was very tragic.

They were able to do some experimental surgery though, and they circumcised him and used his foreskin to make new eyelids.

Apparently it was a huge success. The only problem is that for the rest of his life he'll be c*ck-eyed.

[Jud]

Yeah the only Ewing Knicks team that was 1 game away from winning the finals was his best team in that era. Really great, in-depth analysis OP :applause:

[Pitbull]

Jonh Starks choke in game 7 is unforgetable.

[L.Kizzle]

To be fair, the 94 All-Star East featured seven first time and one time All-Stars. Mark Price was the only perennial All-Star guard in the roster. Besides Starks, BJ Armstrong (voted a starter), Kenny Anderson and Mookie Blaylock were the guards.
Charles Oakley was selected as an injury replacement for Alonzo Mourning. Horace Grant was another first and only timer on the team.

I personally think the 93 Knicks team was better.

Also, Jordan and Thomas erred gone so that freed up 2 spots.

[TheGoatest]

To be fair, the 94 All-Star East featured seven first time and one time All-Stars. Mark Price was the only perennial All-Star guard in the roster. Besides Starks, BJ Armstrong (voted a starter), Kenny Anderson and Mookie Blaylock were the guards.
Charles Oakley was selected as an injury replacement for Alonzo Mourning. Horace Grant was another first and only timer on the team.

I personally think the 93 Knicks team was better.

Also, Jordan and Thomas erred gone so that freed up 2 spots.

Starks clearly had the best season of his career statistically in 1993-94, averaging the highest ppg, apg, spg, as well as the second highest rpg of his career.
Oakley was also named to the all-defensive 1st team in 1993-94, which he never was named to before or after in his career. He was named to the all-defensive 2nd team in 1997-98.
Even if they hadn't been named to the all-star game, it was clear that they both had the best season of their career.
It is also clear that the 1993-94 Knicks team was superior to the 1992-93 one, or any other Knicks team of the era.

[TheMan]

To be fair, the 94 All-Star East featured seven first time and one time All-Stars. Mark Price was the only perennial All-Star guard in the roster. Besides Starks, BJ Armstrong (voted a starter), Kenny Anderson and Mookie Blaylock were the guards.
Charles Oakley was selected as an injury replacement for Alonzo Mourning. Horace Grant was another first and only timer on the team.

I personally think the 93 Knicks team was better.

Also, Jordan and Thomas erred gone so that freed up 2 spots.

Pearl Jam's original band's name was Mookie Blaylock.

[ImKobe]

Starks clearly had the best season of his career statistically in 1993-94, averaging the highest ppg, apg, spg, as well as the second highest rpg of his career.
Oakley was also named to the all-defensive 1st team in 1993-94, which he never was named to before or after in his career. He was named to the all-defensive 2nd team in 1997-98.
Even if they hadn't been named to the all-star game, it was clear that they both had the best season of their career.
It is also clear that the 1993-94 Knicks team was superior to the 1992-93 one, or any other Knicks team of the era.

Let's be honest, you're only saying this because Pippen lost to the Knicks while putting up worse numbers as the #1 option in '94 than he did as MJ's sidekick in a reduced role the year before.

Starks injured his knee and was almost out 2 months going into the POs.

[SATAN]

ImKobe patiently waited several months to see how LA looked before reactivating his original account. :lol

aD mVp! :yaohappy:

[SATAN]

Starks

The guy that claimed doing this:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8KlVH86lHRA/maxresdefault.jpg

Was harder to do than defending Michael Jordan. Let that sink in.

[TheMan]

The guy that claimed doing this:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8KlVH86lHRA/maxresdefault.jpg

Was harder to do than defending Michael Jordan. Let that sink in.

You're taking his statement out of context.

Working a shit job and getting paid shit is harder than getting paid an insane amount of money for playing a kid's game you love playing...so if an NBA GM for some ungodly reason decided to pay me the league minimum to defend LBJ, even if he scored on me literally everytime he touched the ball, I would say it was an easier job compared to some of the crappy jobs I've had as a young man...

Reading comprehension > you

[Patrick Chewing]

Jonh Starks choke in game 7 is unforgetable.

https://media.tenor.com/xwVllq_MsjoAAAAM/steve-harvey-scared.gif

[TheGoatest]

Let's be honest, you're only saying this because Pippen lost to the Knicks while putting up worse numbers as the #1 option in '94 than he did as MJ's sidekick in a reduced role the year before.

Starks injured his knee and was almost out 2 months going into the POs.

Let's be honest: You're only saying the opposite because you're a Foolish jordon extremist alt.
I am saying this because I have the facts on my side, which I have already pointed out.
The fact that the 1993-94 Knicks only lost 3 more games than the 1992-93 ones despite...

Starks playing 21 games less in 1993-94 than in 1992-93
Anthony Mason playing 8 games less in 1993-94 than in 1992-93
Patrick Ewing playing 2 games less in 1993-94 than in 1992-93
Charles Smith playing 38 games less in 1993-94 than in 1992-93

...speaks volumes about how much better the 1993-94 Knicks were than the 1992-93 Knicks if they were healthy, which they were when they faced the Bulls. With the exception of Derek Harper, who played 5 of the 7 games against the Bulls... which is still 5 games more than he played against the Bulls the previous playoffs because he wasn't with the Knicks in 1992-93.

The only "asset" the 1992-93 Knicks had that the 1993-94 ones didn't have in the playoffs was a past his prime Doc Rivers, who was clearly not as good as a past his prime Derek Harper, who in the 7 game finals against the Rockets went on to average 16.4 points on very good percentages, along with 6.0 assists and 2.4 steals.

You have no case. The 1993-94 Knicks were better than the 1992-93 ones, along with any other Knicks of the same era.

[warriorfan]

2011

[ShawkFactory]

You could definitely make that argument, yea.