The New York Knicks have gotten to the point where if someone is talking about the franchise, they’re almost certainly using them as a punchline. James Dolan’s NBA franchise was the butt of a brutal joke by legendary newscaster Dan Rather on Friday about the ongoing drama surrounding documents that former President Donald Trump took from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.
After news broke on Friday that a woman posed as an heiress of the Rothschild banking dynasty to ingratiate herself to the Trump inner circle and gain access within Mar-a-Lago, many pundits took to Twitter to discuss how bad the security must be there, which is no small thing considering Trump was hoarding top secret documents there.
Rather chimed in with a thought of his own that also happened to fire a shot at the NBA’s moribund Knicks franchise.
I would guess that Mar-a-Lago is about as "secure" as a Knicks lead at halftime.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 26, 2022
Damn, Daniel.
As you might imagine, Knicks fans, who have plenty to feel terrible about when it comes to their team, were wounded by the comparison, even if it was pretty spot-on.
https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/1563262605879259137
How are we catching strays on August 26th, can't we have an offseason https://t.co/nFJk0n4qSI
— Sean Mack (@seanmackradio) August 26, 2022
Non-Knicks fans delighted in the comparison and in pointing out how true the sentiment is.
Since 2000 the Knicks have held 777 halftime leads and lost 261 times. (Yes I looked it up.) 66.4% security. Less than ideal, folks! https://t.co/an6IMILXFR
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) August 26, 2022
RKO outta nowhere… And today the R stands for Rather https://t.co/g7yh4iBsh8
— John Karalis 🇬🇷🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) August 26, 2022
Knickerbockers taking strays https://t.co/PWe1MfNILs
— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) August 26, 2022
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) August 26, 2022
The next time something bad happens for Donald Trump, which should be any minute now, keep an eye out for Dan to come for your favorite team, too. He’s relentless.