A fun exercise I do when I’m bored or talking with other Knicks fans is talking about how bad we used to have it. You can go back to the dark Isiah Thomas days or the dark post-Knickstape teams, but a part of Knicks history that even much younger fans can join in the pain of remembering is the late 2010’s Knicks. A colorful cast of characters suited up for a dysfunctional Knicks team in the three years between the Carmelo Anthony trade and the culture change with the hiring of Leon Rose and Tom Thibodeau. When a team is that bad and that depressing, a fanbase that still packs the house latches on to some guys.