Richard Jefferson Claims Media Doesn’t Hate the Knicks While Pointing Out Their Biggest Failure: “They Hadn’t Re-signed a Rookie For 25 F**king Years”

Akash Murty | 09/04/2023
Richard Jefferson Claims Media Doesn't Hate the Knicks While Pointing Out Their Biggest Failure: “They Hadn't Re-signed a Rookie For 25 F**king Years”

They might have the largest fan base in the entire NBA, but the New York Knicks have not had any on-court success for as long as most of us can remember. It’s been 50 years since they last won an NBA championship and 24 years since they even reached the Finals.

Forget the NBA Finals, they have not even won the second round of Playoffs since they last did it at the turn of the century. The James Dolan-owned team just can’t figure out a way to win even after having signed stars like Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire, Jason Kidd, and Kristaps Porzingis over the years.

And as a result, they have been under the media’s consistent criticism over the years. Moreover, their fans’ relationship with the media has gone sour because of it. Former Nets star Richard Jefferson might have a solution for New Yorker’s betterment.

Richard Jefferson reveals why the Knicks have been failing to succeed

The 2016 NBA champion with the Cleveland Cavaliers might have just figured out the reason why the Knicks suck while having some drinks on JJ Redick’s Old Man and The Three podcast.

Former New Jersey Nets forward went on a rant describing how the media has no ill will towards the Knicks or their fan base and in fact, they just want them to be a top team again.

And in that rant, he figured out why they haven’t been good all these years by pointing out their failure to sign a rookie extension for more than 24 years.


“They just signed their first rookie extension since Charlie Ward. They hadn’t drafted a guy, and resigned him, for 25 f**king years,” said Jefferson, pointing towards the $107 Million/4-year extension that RJ Barrett signed last year.

Why do the fans in New York think Jefferson hates their team?

Jefferson has been trolling the Knicks for a long time. For instance, when he retired in 2017, on being asked why he made the decision when could still have been a solid role-player for a championship team, the former Nets man hysterically said that the Knicks were the only team interested in signing him, so he retired.

He has not held back while going at the Knicks or its fan base for being hostile to its own team. Recently he even had a back-and-forth with the fans in Madison Square Garden.

The man is famous for trolling the Knicks when he gets the chance, which is why JJ presented him with the question. And Jefferson answered it the best way he can, giving a piece of solid advice for the New York team to be better at choosing and then re-signing their draft picks.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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