Young and Loving the Knicks
A Generation Joins the Party And Shakes The Suffering By ELLEN YAN and JONAH E. BROMWICH The New York Times - Mercoledì 10 giugno 2026 Pagina B11 New Yorkers under 30 have a notion of the suffering that older fans had endured, but are much more focused on celebrating a charge toward an N.B.A. championship. The line outside Pig Beach, a sprawling barbecue joint in Queens, is full of young people dressed in blue and orange and white. The oldest of the young are 30. They were toddlers during the last Knicks ascension. They flow into the bar toward a large screen in the backyard where Game 1 of the N.B.A. finals is showing. Unlike their elders, they are confident that the Knicks are going to win. Older generations have spent the last few weeks recalling past Knicks glory and the more recent pileup of failures. The 30-and-unders know that song. “It’s 30 years of suffering,” Mark Santiago, 29, from the Bronx, said. “All we know is pain.” But that is not entirely true. It has not been t...