The New York Knicks were the best team in the city last season. That is true both based on their 29-53 record and their 4-0 sweep of the Brooklyn Nets, who were 28-54 a season ago.
That said, it had to be humorous for NBA fans in other locales to watch as a Twitter beef that began last month between Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie and Knicks center Enes Kanter soon extended into the fan bases of both clubs.
It is a rivalry that has heated up considerably since the Nets returned to New York from New Jersey in 2012, but it hasn’t exactly been a battle of heavyweights for most of that span.