 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vachitarisira kuwana mutungamiriri aigona kudzorera chikwata panzira, New York yakashandira Larry Brown kuti adzidzise chikwata. Brown, uyo aiyemura chikwata panguva yehuduku hwake, aionekwa zvakanaka nokuda kwekugona kwake kudzidzisa uye kusvika kwake kwakaunza tariro kune franchise. Vachitarisira kuwana Patrick Ewing anotevera, maNicks akagadzira nzvimbo yepakati Channing Frye uye akasaina nzvimbo dzepakati Jerome James naEddy Curry, wekutanga pamberi pemwaka uye wekupedzisira mumwaka. Curry, uyo anonzi aiva nechirwere chemwoyo chainetsa, akaramba kuongororwa DNA kwaipesana, uye haana kufarirwa naJohn Paxson, maneja mukuru weChicago. The Bulls yakasaina-uye-yakamutengesa kuKnicks pamwe naAntonio Davis kuna Tim Thomas, Michael Sweetney, Knicks 2006 yekutanga-kutenderera, uye kodzero yekushandura yekutanga-kutenderera kunhonga neKnicks muna 2007, pamwe ne2007 uye 2009 yechipiri-kutenderera kunhonga. Isiah Thomas haana kuchengetedza sarudzo dzerotari, uye maNicks akarasikirwa nesarudzo yechipiri mumushandirapamwe wa2006, uye yechipfumbamwe mumushandirapamwe wa2007. Nechikwereti chakakura, Knicks yakasvika pachinzvimbo chechipiri chakashata muNBA mwaka iwoyo, pa2359. Mwaka wakaguma nekudzingwa uye 18.5 miriyoni yekutenga-kunze kwemurairidzi mukuru Larry Brown mushure memwaka mumwe chete. 