The Greatest Knicks Team That Never Was

For a few months this summer, it seemed as if the New York Knicks had done something remarkable. By bringing together Villanova University teammates Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Donte DiVincenzo, and Mikal Bridges in the professional ranks, the team was making a bet that, in the cutthroat NBA, friendship and chemistry could serve as the foundation for a squad with championship aspirations. “They grew up together and now they’re reunited. That shit does not happen in professional sports,” legendary Knicks fan Spike Lee told me, emphatically. “And so there’s a bond there that is unbreakable.”