Pulling for the Knicks, season after season, must be like betting No. 37 at a roulette table. You lose by repetitive design — and no complimentary buffet thrown in.
Why did the Knicks even bother to draft guard Frank Ntilikina with the eighth-overall pick in the 2017 draft? Ntilikina, a Frenchman of Rwandan parents, could be the next Jeremy Lin, if ever given the chance.
In 2012, Lin, with ball-demanding Carmelo Anthony injured, led the depleted Knicks to an improbable seven-game winning streak. You remember Linsanity: The City went wild. Fare-beaters hugged it out with cops. Pigeons wore diapers.