“You’re the worst fanbase in basketball!”: Gilbert Arenas gruesomely hits out at New York Knicks fans over constant booing and no players wanting to play for the franchise anymore

Tonoy Sengupta | 14/07/2021
"You're the worst fanbase in basketball!": Gilbert Arenas gruesomely hits out at New York Knicks fans over constant booing and no players wanting to play for the franchise anymore

Gilbert Arenas drops a scathing comment about the New York Knicks and their fanbase, on why no one wants to play for them

 

Last season was a resurgent one for the New York Knicks. After years upon years of being the laughing stock of the league, the team finally put it all together, and actually ended the regular season as the fourth seed in a loaded Eastern Conference.

The fans have of course been a huge part of all this. And to be fair to them, during this past campaign, their support during every home game was incredible. But, as we all know, the dark ages that lasted till just a year prior, were very different in this respect.

As a former player, and now a dialed-in fan of the NBA, Gilbert Arenas had seen it all happen first hand. And well, the year before this resurgence began, the man had some scathing words for Knicks fans around the world,

Let’s get into it.

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“You’re the worst fanbase in basketball”: Gilbert Arenas gave it to the New York Knicks fans like it was just a few short years ago

 

To be clear here, Arenas said this about a year before the Knicks put it all together. And so, to be fair to him, while what he said was harsh, there was certainly some truth there as well.

But, what did he say exactly, you ask? Take a look.

“The whole fan base of the Knicks is stuck back in the 1970s. It shows nobody wants to play for you because you’re the worst fanbase in basketball. If your team would rather play on the road because they’re more comfortable, then that says something about your home experience.”

While the Knicks have since recovered, we do believe that the fanbase still has some of these lingering issues. Perhaps with time though, if the franchise stays competitive, we could see support climbing back to the days of old. And as fans of the sport, we personally would love to see that happen once again, in the Mecca of basketball.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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