New York Knicks
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"New York Knicks"1946–present

/ arena = Madison Square Garden

/ city = Manhattan, New York City, New York

/ colors = Blue, Orange, Silver, White

/ owner = The Madison Square Garden Company

/ President = Phil Jackson

/ General Manager = Steve Mills (sports executive)/Steve Mills

/ coach = Derek Fisher

/ affiliate = Westchester Knicks

/ league_champs = "2" (1970 NBA Finals/1970, 1973 NBA Finals/1973)

/ conf_champs = "8" (1951 NBA Playoffs/1951, 1952 NBA Playoffs/1952, 1953 NBA Playoffs/1953, 1970 NBA Playoffs/1970, 1972 NBA Playoffs/1972, 1973 NBA Playoffs/1973, 1994 NBA Playoffs/1994, 1999 NBA Playoffs/1999)

/ div_champs = "5" (1970–71 NBA season/1971, 1988–89 NBA season/1989, 1992–93 NBA season/1993, 1993–94 NBA season/1994, 2012–13 NBA season/2013)

/ ret_nums = "9" (Walt Frazier/10, Dick Barnett/12, Earl Monroe/15, Dick McGuire/15, Willis Reed/19, Dave DeBusschere/22, Bill Bradley/24, Patrick Ewing/33, Red Holzman/613)

/ web = knicks

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I don't think there will be a problem unless somebody wants to make a problem, ... If they really want to make a problem, they're going to have to make a decision about how they want to spend their adult life in terms of playing in the NBA or not.

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A career underachiever.