IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES THE NEW YORK KNICKS PARADE by Larry Baumhor I hopped on the New Jersey Transit train in Trenton at 2:30 am, starry-eyed, filled with dreams, fantasies, and wild expectations. New York City here I come! Jumped a cab at Penn Station, informed the driver to take me to the Canyon of Heroes. It’s time to party, I yelled! Rick Brunson and I attended Temple University together. He’s the assistant coach of the Knicks and father of the King of New York, Jalen. I was at McGonigle Hall when the Hall of Fame coach John Chaney grabbed Brunson by the neck while walking off the court during a game because of a botched play. I bled cherry and white! Like the putz that I am, the big shot from Temple had it in his screwy head that I was going to talk to Rick Brunson about that play at Temple, mind you, he was carrying the championship trophy during the parade. Two million rabid fans mixed wit...