An NBA Finals streak involving New York Knicks players will continue this year when the Boston Celtics battle the Dallas Mavericks.
to the Indiana Pacers in the second round. Still, a staggering streak for the organization is still alive thanks to the result of this year’s conference finals.
As one of the Basketball Association of America’s original franchises, the Knicks have been around for 77 years. Though they have eight NBA Finals appearances and two championships, they were somehow connected to each Finals from 1947 through 2023.pointed out the phenomenon in 2019 after the Toronto Raptors advanced to that year’s Finals. Famous former Knick Jeremy Lin was on that Toronto roster, maintaining New York’s streak of having a former, current or future player in every Finals.
Woods went through each Finals and pointed out one player in each series who was on the Knicks at one point in their career. The Knicks didn’t reach the Finals during their first four seasons, but Philadelphia Warrior Ralph Kaplowitz , Baltimore Bullet Connie Simmons , Washington Capitol Sonny Hertzberg and Minneapolis Laker Slater Martin kicked off the streak by playing in New York at some point in their BAA/NBA careers.The streak kept going after Woods’ post first went up.
Over in Dallas, Tim Hardaway Jr. had two separate stints with the Knicks. Hardaway and Porzingis were actually sent from New York to Dallas together in a 2019 trade. Porzingis went on to play in Washington before being dealt to Boston last summer, while Hardaway has stayed in Dallas ever since. While Hardaway hasn’t sported a Knicks uniform in five years, he gives New York fans another reason to root against Boston in this year’s Finals.
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