OT: Knicks / NY fans

yesrutgers01

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Keep trying to make excuses for the inhumane behavior we are seeing in NYC and outside MSG.

I wonder if this kid deserved this as well?

Maybe you can do some research on X today and tell us.


not defending the behavior at all. I'm just saying- most of us realized as soon as we saw you make the thread- you come off as actually being excited that NY is maybe doing something that allows you to feel better about your own town. You jumped on it as fast as you could.
 

Knight Shift

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I saw one with a guy from S Africa who was simply amazed at a gas station convenience store

the saddest thing about that is the girl filming herself with a microphone while she watches the game
Philly trash. Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but please sit appropriately-spread eagle is not a good look. And anyone this emotionally invested in watching another team lose should find other ways to be happy.
 
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yesrutgers01

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I saw one with a guy from S Africa who was simply amazed at a gas station convenience store

the saddest thing about that is the girl filming herself with a microphone while she watches the game
That was the first thing I saw...and when I see someone with a microphone in their hand in what is supposed to be an "in the moment" video- I just shut their fake asses off
 
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yesrutgers01

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At least you agree that all fanbases have scumbag fans.

I’ve made that point for years here but was always told on this board that this type of behavior doesn’t occur in other cities.
man- you really have a strange complex about this. Places like LA and anywhere the Raiders play most likely have the worst ever but we are on the other side of the country from them. Philly just has a bad reputation. It has nothing to do with anything bad that may happen elsewhere. And the reason most of us are calling you out is because you had to jump on starting a thread as fast as you could. Not so much to just talk about it, but to try to throw it in the faces of anyone that ever had a bad thing to say about your fans. And you know that is exactly why you did it.

I don't defend the behavior at all. I have had to wear opposing Jersey's to many cities for games. I have seen good and bad in mult cities and stadiums. Personally- Philly wasn't much different than any of the others. At least, not to me- but maybe because I don't act like a jerk going into another stadium with an opposing jersey. But, I have seen other people get harrassed and such many times- usually, drinking has a lot to do with it and usually- both parties had a part in the problem.
 

S_Janowski

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not defending the behavior at all. I'm just saying- most of us realized as soon as we saw you make the thread- you come off as actually being excited that NY is maybe doing something that allows you to feel better about your own town. You jumped on it as fast as you could.

Not at all.

I didn’t even mention anything about Philadelphia, or any other city other than NYC in the OP.

The intent was to bring to light the appalling behavior and crime that was occurring outside one of America’s iconic arenas. I thought it was OT worthy and didn’t see anyone else bringing the discussion.

I was actually surprised at what has transpired the past week because this board almost had me convinced this doesn’t happen in NYC, or happen in other cities.

It’s interesting you think I’m “excited” by my OP or posting, meanwhile if this thread was actually about Philadelphia you wouldn’t be saying the same about all the posters engaging in the discussion or ripping on that city and the fans (maybe because you yourself are one of those posters).

Nothing about violence or criminal activity excites me bud. And I definitely don’t try to rationalize or make excuses for this behavior, no matter what city or fans are carrying out the acts.
 

Bueller

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I never saw widespread anarchy in NYC after Giant's titles - being a NJ team did NJ go off over NYGs lol?

I think the free watch parties are a mistake. Anything free or cheap is overwhelmingly more prone to attracting disorder (budget motels, airlines, cruises etc are generally better to avoid if possible) . People in restaurant and club businesses that start to have live entertainment at night often dont want cover charges and then learn the lesson the hard way.
 
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Making a big deal about this ticket blocking thing is stupid. It’s only Ticketmaster directly from the Spurs. No other website is blocking tickets. Just trying to make yourself feel good by saying you’re trying.
 

e5fdny

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Not at all.

I didn’t even mention anything about Philadelphia, or any other city other than NYC in the OP.

The intent was to bring to light the appalling behavior and crime that was occurring outside one of America’s iconic arenas. I thought it was OT worthy and didn’t see anyone else bringing the discussion.

I was actually surprised at what has transpired the past week because this board almost had me convinced this doesn’t happen in NYC, or happen in other cities.

It’s interesting you think I’m “excited” by my OP or posting, meanwhile if this thread was actually about Philadelphia you wouldn’t be saying the same about all the posters engaging in the discussion or ripping on that city and the fans (maybe because you yourself are one of those posters).

Nothing about violence or criminal activity excites me bud. And I definitely don’t try to rationalize or make excuses for this behavior, no matter what city or fans are carrying out the acts.
You didn’t have to.

Because as had been pointed out others in the thread, we already know. And this was to be expected, this particular thread.
 

yesrutgers01

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You didn’t have to.

Because as had been pointed out others in the thread, we already know. And this was to be expected, this particular thread.
It always cracks me up when some posters do this sort of thing and think we all thought they didn’t have their agenda.
I like a lot of his posts but it was very obvious.

it is why most of us picked up on it instantly.
 

S_Janowski

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It always cracks me up when some posters do this sort of thing and think we all thought they didn’t have their agenda.
I like a lot of his posts but it was very obvious.

it is why most of us picked up on it instantly.

My only “agenda” was to discuss what was happening over the past week and bring light to the behavior, because for some reason it wasn’t being discussed.

I had no intent in talking about the city of Philadelphia or their fans in this thread and would have been happy to keep to it what was happening outside MSG, trust me.

It wasn’t until a number of other people began bringing up Philly and straying away from the OP that I engaged in conversation.

You’re digressing from the original point of our direct interaction now, so I’ll let it be.

Just remember that there are scumbag fans everywhere and we don’t need to try and search for explanations of why people might be acting like scumbags which you attempted in this thread, most likely because it was about NYC.
 

S_Janowski

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You didn’t have to.

Because as had been pointed out others in the thread, we already know. And this was to be expected, this particular thread.

You’re absolutely right this thread was expected because nobody seems to ever want to discuss lawless or scumbag behavior on this board when it happens in NYC, or with NYC fans.

So I took it upon myself to bring it to light.
 

e5fdny

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You’re absolutely right this thread was expected because nobody seems to ever want to discuss lawless or scumbag behavior on this board when it happens in NYC, or with NYC fans.

So I took it upon myself to bring it to light.
Good for you.
 
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S_Janowski

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man- you really have a strange complex about this. Places like LA and anywhere the Raiders play most likely have the worst ever but we are on the other side of the country from them. Philly just has a bad reputation. It has nothing to do with anything bad that may happen elsewhere. And the reason most of us are calling you out is because you had to jump on starting a thread as fast as you could. Not so much to just talk about it, but to try to throw it in the faces of anyone that ever had a bad thing to say about your fans. And you know that is exactly why you did it.

I don't defend the behavior at all. I have had to wear opposing Jersey's to many cities for games. I have seen good and bad in mult cities and stadiums. Personally- Philly wasn't much different than any of the others. At least, not to me- but maybe because I don't act like a jerk going into another stadium with an opposing jersey. But, I have seen other people get harrassed and such many times- usually, drinking has a lot to do with it and usually- both parties had a part in the problem.

If you want to say I have a complex because:

- I’m repeating what I’ve been told on this board in the past or
- Myself (and others) have observed that there is usually little to no talk about bad behavior / viral videos on this board when it involves NYC fans

Then so be it.

And for the record, I didn’t jump on starting this thread as fast as I could. I saw countless videos on X of what had happened and didn’t see anything posted on here, so decided to create the thread.

You (and others) seem agitated that this thread was started to begin with which is pretty interesting considering past threads that have been created on similar topics.

I’ll leave it at that.
 

e5fdny

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Cool. Glad we got that past us.
It’s four pages, so far, more of a wait and see on the getting past part.

As Ben Franklin said, “New Jersey is a keg tapped at both ends.”

I’d rather be known as the tap end than the other one. But that’s me. 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
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yesrutgers01

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Funny thing is- there has been almost no discussion of the finals in general.
And the Philly fan was worried that we are not bashing some POS “fans” that are causing trouble.
Millets do a comparison- when Philly was in the midst of their latest championships- were they bashing their own fan behavior or were they enjoying their wins?
not to defend their behavior but in a city of over 8 million people, there are going to be some bad apples.

we know what the agenda of the thread was immediately. You woke up to tge videos and just couldn’t wait to try to throw it into the faces of people that had bad things to say about your fans.

you know that is the truth and it’s a bad look to deny it.
 

Knight Shift

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It’s four pages, so far, more of a wait and see on the getting past part.

As Ben Franklin said, “New Jersey is a keg tapped at both ends.”

I’d rather be known as the tap end than the other one. But that’s me. 🤷🏼‍♂️
And Philly is at the azz end, symbolic of throngs of shiiitty fans ,,💩
 

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My wife, son, daughter-in-law and son-in-law are each fans of various out of town teams in the major sports and never where anything of those teams to a game played around here.
And you think that’s ok? As a society we suck
 

newell138

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I don’t know why they don’t use fire hoses on these situations anymore

Worse than that situation was the mind numbing interview of Brunson after the game.
 
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I don’t know why they don’t use fire hoses on these situations anymore

Worse than that situation was the mind numbing interview of Brunson after the game.

The TV crew was tough to take and then the same ole bimbo questions. "What are you feeling" is all they know how to ask. I would rather they save that question for Spike. Then they roll out that ghoul Adam Silver the leader of the league that kept going out of its way to protect its foreign player from fouls.

The NYK players at least are a likeable lot
 
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The TV crew was tough to take and then the same ole bimbo questions. "What are you feeling" is all they know how to ask. I would rather they save that question for Spike. Then they roll out that ghoul Adam Silver the leader of the league that kept going out of its way to protect its foreign player from fouls.

The NYK players at least are a likeable lot
How miserable of a person are you?
 
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Knight Shift

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Seems appropriate. Dumbasssses destroying school busses. God's children.



 
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bac2therac

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Disgusting behavior that has been enabled daily with no accountability..see Newark and other cities

Cosplaying like they are in a video game
 

yesrutgers01

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And you think that’s ok? As a society we suck
I agree with this. And it happens everywhere.

With that said- in normal games/circumstances- if anyone is a fan of tge away team, wear your stuff, cheer for your team, don’t be a dick about it and many times, get to know the other fans and just have some “good” fun and you will most likely have a great time.
 
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yesrutgers01

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Last night, more BS by fans but I say fans loosely. MST of the trouble makers were there only to cause trouble. And so many are so stupid to have pics taken and posted to SM of them acting like their damage was a trophy.

Knicks did the impossible last night. So dope idiots did crappy things.
Most fans, did not do crappy things.
It sucks that every single city that wins a championship in any sport has these things happen.
 
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Certainly not on the same level but I remember the 2006 RU Louisville game. Fans stormed the field. I had to make a decision do the same or head back to the car where my wife, mom and young daughter were. Terry ran halfway thru the purple lot to find me. We hugged and cried while mom had my daughter in the car. I wanted to remember every single moment of the game and celebration. Never understood getting so sh*tfaced celebrating and causing violence no matter what city you are in. The only memory some of these people will have is a police record.