![]() We have Jalen Brunson, who may have played his high school ball in Chicago and his college ball in Philadelphia, but whose earliest exposure to basketball came in New York, at the Garden, when his old man, Rick, played on the Knicks from the time Jalen was 2 until he was nearly 5. Those are the things they dream about when a father or an older brother or an uncle shags flies with them in the neighborhood park.Īnd now, we live in a time when both positions not only are filled by worthy candidates, but by athletes who understand just how deep and how rich the generational pull of these jobs are. Those are things that draw kids to the playground, shovel in hand, in the middle of a snowy February, that drags them to tiny and sweaty church gyms in the middle of January. And there is center field for the Yankees. ![]() In Ontario, they take to frozen ponds when they’re barely old enough to slip into skates and start envisioning a day when they’ll be the one to help bring the Stanley Cup to the Maple Leafs for the first time since 1967.Īround here, there are two such gigs. For generations, farmer’s sons have shot thousands upon thousands of jump shots on makeshift hoops, hoping to one day wear the candy-cane warmups of the Indiana Hoosiers. ![]() In Texas, kids grow up dreaming of quarterbacking the Cowboys. These have always been the two jobs most coveted in all of sporting New York.Īll geographies have their athletic favorites. Overcoming 0-3 series deficit remains most daunting proposition in sportsĬarmelo Anthony not only Knicks legend whose number should be retired Knicks enter NBA summer with a unique advantage Low-profile superstar Nikola Jokic enters NBA Finals with young Wayne Gretzky vibe Mets finally getting Citi Field mojo back
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