The term most frequently used to describe Knicks fans is “long-suffering.”
One Chicago sports talk radio host has a new suggestion.
“I think Knicks fans are the most obnoxious fans in American sports,” Laurence Holmes declared to co-host Matt Spiegel on their 104.3 The Score afternoon show on Friday.
It’s a rich take coming from Chicago, a city whose NBA team caused the Knicks fan so much pain in the 1990s.
Of course, the Bulls haven’t been back to the NBA Finals since the last of Michael Jordan’s six titles in 1998 and are in the thick of irrelevancy, so they are doing some suffering of their own.
Spiegel immediately disagreed with Holmes.
“Wow, I don’t believe that’s true,” he said.
Spiegel suggested MLB’s Cardinals for the title of “most obnoxious,” which makes sense given the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry.
“The St. Louis Cardinals actually have some jewelry of recent vintage that backs some of their piety,” Holmes said. “But, Knicks fans, y’all ain’t won nothing since the Ford administration.”
Holmes said “good” when told that the Knicks had more losses than any NBA team in the 21st Century entering the 2021 season.
“I’m hoping for four more,” he added.
Perhaps sensing that he was making headlines – like this one – in New York, Holmes said, “I cannot wait for this to be played on WFAN when they lose in six (games).”
The whole cast of the program then broke into what sounded like Joe Beningo imitations, mentioning how their program once borrowed WFAN studios for some reason.
Finally, the show’s producer mentioned the Cowboys, who certainly would be a popular choice in a poll of the most-obnoxious fan given their moniker of “America’s Team” and their Bulls-esque drought of no championships since 1995. Yankees fans might place ahead of Knicks fans, too.
The Knicks lead the NBA Finals, 2-0, after back-to-back wins in San Antonio.
