"That's Why I'm Here."

In an introductory press conference short on specifics, Mike Brown still made quite a statement.

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"That's Why I'm Here."

My left pinky toe.

My kids’ college fund.

Ever getting to eat pizza again.

These are just a few of the things I’d contemplate giving up to experience just one Knicks championship parade in my lifetime.

I just turned 42, and the average lifespan of an American male is 76, so the list will likely grow larger as the years go by.

The very concept of a single Knicks title is such a far off concept that I envision myself spontaneously combusting if it ever actually happens.

I imagine this was a similar feeling to Red Sox fans in 2004, Eagles fans in 2018, and Warriors fans in 2015, all of whom ended notable championship droughts. Since those title-winning seasons, all three organizations have made it back to the promised land. With every one of those additional triumphs, I wonder how it must feel to have said “now I can die in peace,” only to make it back again (and in some cases, again…and again…and again).

It’s probably something Mike Brown has thought about once or twice.