00:15for years the question was whether we'd ever see the Knicks win a championship now before they've
00:22even started another season the question is whether they can do it again but how quickly
00:27should finally become what's next 53 years of waiting finally over and if you're a Knicks fan
00:34you're not going to stop celebrating you're going to keep watching the highlights continue to rock
00:38all the championship merch replay the final seconds listen to Mike Green's iconic call and
00:43watch the parade all over again now there's no expiration date on enjoying a championship
00:49as special as this one but there is another season and a championship changes more than
00:54what's hanging above the court it changes what we expect from the people playing on it so let's
01:00think about how we talk about a team that's still trying to break through a good regular season win
01:04it can be a good sign while a tough loss can be a lesson a playoff run can be considered
01:10significant
01:11progress but now I do wonder how many losses will it take before somebody asks if the Knicks have
01:18lost their edge how many slow starts the games will have to recur before they'll figure it out becomes
01:24what's wrong with the champs look I can already see concerned comments during our live New York
01:29Got Game watch parties that are coming up I know they are coming those comments are going to come but
01:34can we please at least get through the ring ceremony before we start jumping out the window in my view
01:39the title earns them lasting appreciation and some patience through a rough stretch however it doesn't
01:46exempt them from fair criticism so what's the price of success well that conversation has already gotten
01:52very literal after acknowledging a ticket pricing mistake earlier this month badison square garden
01:58announced a reset to last season's ticket prices plus an average 12 percent increase which begs the
02:04question how do you celebrate with the people who waited so long for this while making sure that
02:09they can still afford to be a part of what comes next then there's the bill for keeping the team
02:14together James Dolan has said the Knicks cannot go into the second apron according to our reporting here at the
02:20New York
02:20post that mandate helped shape their unwillingness to make Mitchell Robinson a competitive offer
02:25before he left for Boston so how do you keep asking for championship results while making difficult
02:31choices about the players who helped deliver them that's the challenge for this front office keep this
02:37team capable of winning now while planning for what comes next for the players the question is whether
02:43they can bring the same commitment to another season of the details they've already answered whether this
02:48group can win a championship but that answer only goes so far this season because it doesn't play defense
02:55it doesn't win a rebound it doesn't get you through a rough road trip and it will be a mistake
03:00to assume
03:01winning has made this group of champions complacent let's let their habits answer that question
03:06the defensive effort the response to adversity the willingness to do the little things before the big games
03:12arrive that is what is worth watching for the Knicks this season another championship should
03:18absolutely be the goal and yes falling short can be disappointing but disappointment and failure
03:24aren't automatically the same thing I judge how they lose who they lose to and whether they gave
03:31themselves a real chance a hard-fought run that ends with them coming up short is very different
03:37from wasting an opportunity look there's a new standard with this group and that standard should be
03:43championship contention no doubt the expectation it can't be perfection and nothing that happens next
03:49takes away what they've already won so enjoy the banner going up on opening night expect greatness
03:56ask the fair but hard questions just don't let the demand for an encore drown out what made the first
04:03one special it's a different world now for years Knicks fans wondered if this day of being champs
04:09would ever come and now we all get to find out what comes after and if we are keeping it
04:15real
04:15that's a pretty good problem to have
04:19and thanks for watching new york got game
04:22boom shakalaka
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