You are correct, Shadow, about the great Knicks teams of the 1970's, which I've read about and seen TV clips of. I figured most of them were gone by the mid-1970's, so the Knicks were basically all-black from about 1977 to 2009. Charles Barkley once said the Knicks were so black during those decades, that they were often referred to as the New York N*ggerbockers. Those are Barkley's word's, not mine. Just checked, the Knicks' teams of the 1990's only had two notable whites during that entire decade, a washed-up Goy finishing his career, Kiki Vandeweghe, and Chris Dudley, a Yalie who was a terrible free throw shooter. Both were backups during the decade. String of no white starters went throughout the 1990's and well into the 2000's until David Lee arrived.
As far as Porzingas, he really wanted out of New York and would not re-sign after his rookie contract expired. Who can blame him? The Knicks mulatto GM and head coach claimed they never wanted to trade him, but wound up doing it anyway -- eagerly and as quickly as possible. Quite honestly, I never cared for the Knicks, but did enjoy following them most years between 2009 and last season (with Donnie Walsh and Phil Jackson as GM's). Perry and Fizdale are of the age that they probably remember when the Knicks being all black was the norm in New York. I guess they wanted to return the team those "halcyon days", when they excluded whites at all costs. Now the team is as bad as ever. Hope it stays that way.
Speaking of all black teams, take away Gordon Hayward, and what notable whites has Boston had since Bird and McHale retired and Ainge was dealt? They are coming up on 3 decades of being all black. Los Angeles Lakers are similar (taking away P. Gasol and Divac) and they've been basically all black since the 1970's -- four decades.
