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New York Knicks: Drafting the all-1970s starting lineup

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After the Swingin’ Sixties shifted to the 1970s, the New York Knicks finally looked like a dynasty in the new decade.

Picture New York City in the 1970s.

It’s a weird time not just in the Big Apple, but throughout the country. Racial tensions still run high despite the progress birthed by the Civil Rights Movement. Trust in the system reaches an all-time low with Watergate. Checking in on the New York Yankees, the Bronx is literally burning.

Further south, in the Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst neighborhoods of Brooklyn, young men obsessively discuss Saturday Night Fever and dream of being Tony Manero.