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Like that hopey changey thing, smallpox and Zima malt beverage, the New York Knickerbockers 2016-17 season is over and done. The poor-to-mediocre (I’d give it two stars on Yelp) season ended with an anti-strategic victory, putting the appropriate “wtf am I supposed to be feeling?” cap on this groovy ride.
A quirky aspect to Knicks social media is that the rookies are among the most active, so much of the focus at the end of the season had a sort of final days at Rydell High feeling, with the rooks waxing pensive on their first year in the NBA.
Ron Baker:
Mindaugas Kuzminskas:
Willy Hernangomez:
And don’t forget Chasson Randle (remind me again, is it pronounced Chass-on or Chase-un?):
And so the last game came and was won. Yay?
(Maurice Ndour knows what you’re saying about him, by the way.)
Competitors play till the end no matter what!! Congrats @JustHolla7 for the 20 ball, big performance by @marshallplumlee https://t.co/6HJiw0ustP
— Maurice Ndour Endure (@TooHotFiDem) April 13, 2017
Fin. End of season. Done. School’s out! Group Pics! Time to say goodbye!
Thanks brother! @kporzee Rookie season is over! #NewYork #14 #6 pic.twitter.com/n8g6r6WJLb
— Willy Hernangómez (@willyhg94) April 14, 2017
(Note that everyone in this picture posted it with a different quote.)
And now the basketball season is over things become a little more eclectic - guys maybe drift a little more toward their off-the-court selves.
We all know about Kristaps and his post-season bike ride to Central Park, but he’s not the only one. Willy took his own trip to the park:
and then headed off to Spain.
Sasha continued in his epicurian ways:
... Most especially in the launch of his own wine label, which I hope to do hands-on reporting on. For the culture.
All that wine and coffee, you’ll be pleased to know that The Machine takes good care of his teeth:
(if this is in fact a real dentist and not an actor playing a dentist.)
And Marshall Plumlee meditated. A bunch.
Of course.
No word on meditation, but Ron is back home in Kansas at yoga:
Namaste, Ron.
Kuz did what Kuz always does, which is win at life. After a quick Easter trip to San Francisco,
Kuz and his tiny dancer headed off for a small island in the Pacific:
where he (smartly) remains.
KP, perhaps sensing he may soon need to shoulder Amar’e-level amounts of pressure is slowly becoming like Amar’e:
but more importantly, revealed his inner troll:
Great visit @TheNBPA headquarters pic.twitter.com/OKc9Ham7lg
— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) April 19, 2017
Stay with us forever Kristaps!
But nothing is ever really over, and before you know it the 2017-18 season will be here and so will Zima.