Stan Van Gundy takes candid dig at ‘front-running’ Knicks fans
NY Post
Stan Van Gundy is no stranger to being brutally honest.
The former longtime NBA head coach, who’s now an analyst with TNT, gave a candid take on Knicks fans during a Q&A with The Post’s Steve Serby as part of a lengthy discussion about the team ahead of its 2025 NBA playoff run.
Van Gundy, who coached four NBA clubs and was president of basketball operations while coaching the Detroit Pistons, discussed the pending series between the Knicks and his former team, which will begin next weekend.
Asked if he has “a sense for the love affair between” the Knicks and their fans, Van Gundy seemed to question the premise.
“Well, they’re passionate … love affair?” he said. “I don’t know. Love affair when they’re playing well, and hate affair when they’re not playing well. The Knicks fans and the Philly fans, they are … they’re front-running fans. They’re in love with their team when things are going well, but they’ll boo their team off the floor when they’re not playing well. That’s not a crowd that’s focused on lifting you up.”
Knicks fans, while generally the subject of criticism nationally, aren’t often side-swiped as “fair-weather” as implied by Van Gundy, brother of former Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy.
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