Chris Childs played his first two seasons with the Nets before signing with the Knicks for the glory years from 1996 to 2001.
The ex-point guard could never have imagined what has taken place in New York’s basketball landscape – the Nets beating out the Knicks for superstar free agents Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
“It should be a wakeup call for the Knicks,” Childs told The Post in a phone interview from his home in Jacksonville, Fla. “It should be a wakeup when you didn’t get the free agents you expect to get, especially when [Kristaps] Porzingis left and you think you’re getting a guy or two to come in to fill that and it doesn’t happen.