The new york knicks and the boston celtics are two of the three remaining teams from the original 1946 nba the other is the golden state warriors.

New york knicks original name. The knicks announced that rose formerly the co head of. Ned irish founder of the team back in 1946 named his team the new york knickerbockers which has been shortened to knicks since. Ossie the captain of that very first. View the latest roster for the new york knicks complete with photos bios and stats for each player.

He played on the 1970 and 1973 championship teams. By dennis d agostino the passing of ossie schectman at age 94 severed the last living thread between the knickerbockers and their inaugural 1946 47 team. The knicks which is a shortened version of their official nickname knickerbockers have won two national basketball association nba championships 1970 and 1973 and are among the most lucrative franchises in professional basketball. Terms of rose s deal were not disclosed.

The rivalry stems from the old rivalry between the cities of new york city and boston as well as the yankees red sox rivalry. Bill bradley was drafted by the knicks in 1965 as a territorial pick from princeton university. The knickerbocker name comes from the pseudonym used by washington irving in his book a history of new york a name which became applied to the descendants of the original dutch settlers of what later became new york and later by extension to new yorkers in general. New york knicks american professional basketball team based in new york city.

After tallying the votes the franchise was named the knickerbockers. Leon rose s first full season campaign with the retooled knicks will begin on dec. The knicks president who took over the team midway through last season has begun the proces.

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