Paul Pierce was unreserved in his prediction that the Knicks’ more than half-century-long
title drought will last far past 2024–2025.
healthy or not. The NBA pundit and Hall of Fame forward is cautioning fans
not to get too excited about the next season and beyond. Although Knicks head coach
Pierce doesn’t think the team will ever win a championship.
its first championship since 1973, he stated when he joined Kevin Garnett on KG Certified.
Garnet asked Pierce which New York team—the Knicks or the WNBA’s Liberty—
would win a championship first. That’s when it all began.
Pierce retorted, “Well, I don’t think the Knicks will win a championship in my lifetime.
“So, the Liberty must be the cause.”
Garnett was surprised that Pierce foresaw what would be more than a century-
long Knicks championship drought, even if he supported Pierce’s choice to choose the Liberty.
Garnett declared, “I’m going to say the Liberty.” In response,
Pierce reiterated his prediction that the Knicks will win a championship after he passed away.
“I don’t think in my lifetime. I’m saying they will, but I won’t be around to see it.”
Pierce added. “I ain’t been around to see it; I mean, we’ve been around to see them
go to the finals one time, and it was the lockout year.”
Then, Paul Pierce made a jab at James Dolan, the Knicks’ longstanding owner.
Pierce remarked, “I just don’t think they’ll win as long as Dolan is the owner.”
The Knicks last participated in the NBA Finals in 1999.
where they were defeated 4-1 by the San Antonio Spurs.
But Patrick Ewing had never made it to the Finals before.
having been eliminated by the Houston Rockets in seven games in 1994
while playing for the Knicks. New York hadn’t made a comeback
since taking home its lone championship in 1973.
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