Marcus Camby tells The Post why the Knicks ‘have a real good shot’ at winning the NBA Finals – in rematch 27 years later

Nypost · Jun 01, 2026 · 2506 words · By Steve Serby

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Marcus Camby, who controlled the Garden paint for the Knicks in their last Finals appearance in 1999, posts up for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.

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What happened

Marcus Camby, who controlled the Garden paint for the Knicks in their last Finals appearance in 1999, posts up for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.

Why it matters

Q: What message would you want to give to these Knicks?

Common ground

A: I would tell the Knicks right now to enjoy the moment, play for your brothers, and leave everything out there on the basketball court because it’s not promised that we will get to this position again.

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Claim 1: “Landry [Shamet] has been coming in, knocking down key 3s”

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Claim 2: “I know everyone’s seen the video of [then-Temple coach John] Chaney going at [then-UMass] Coach [John] Calipari in a press conference”

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Multiple independent sources (YouTube, Vimeo, and news articles) describe a specific incident where coach John Chaney confronted coach John Calipari during a press conference on February 13, 1994.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Vincent Calipari (; born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at the University of Arkansas. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calipari

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Chaney (January 21, 1932 – January 29, 2021) was an American college basketball coach, best known for his success at Temple University from 1982 through 2006. He was inducted into the Naismith Me…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UMass Minutemen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. They play their home games in the William…
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Claim 3: “Kentucky had a stacked team that year... very well coached by Coach [Rick] Pitino.”

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Claim 4: “Marcus Camby, who controlled the Garden paint for the Knicks in their last Finals appearance in 1999”

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Wikipedia confirms Marcus Camby played in the NBA and that the New York Knicks had a season in 1998-99 that reached the Finals. While the provided snippets don't explicitly list the roster for the 1999 Finals, the combination of the Knicks' 1999 Finals run and Camby's tenure as a Knicks player is a well-documented sports fact, and the provided web results for claim 2 explicitly state Rick Brunson was teammates with Camby on the Knicks in 1999.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1998–99 New York Knicks season was the 52nd season for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association. Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998–99_New_York_Knicks_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marcus Dion Camby (born March 22, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named Defensive Player of the Ye…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Camby

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Knickerbockers, commonly called the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Basketball …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks

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Claim 5: “me being born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut”

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Claim 6: “LJ’s four-point play was probably the most iconic play that I’ve seen in the Garden itself.”

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Claim 7: “especially that run that we had in ’99 we went to the Finals”

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Multiple news sources (NY Post, Al Jazeera) and Wikipedia references confirm the New York Knicks reached the NBA Finals in 1999.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 New York Knicks season was the 80th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 3, 2025, the Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau after five seasons with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_New_York_Knicks_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 New York Knicks season was the 79th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks advanced to the 2024 NBA Cup knockout stage after winning East Group A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_New_York_Knicks_season

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Claim 8: “Josh Hart... He’s really truly the heart and soul of the team.”

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Multiple NY Post sources explicitly state that Josh Hart plays for the New York Knicks.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Brunson, of course, isn’t the only former Villanova star on the Knicks. Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges were teammates with the Wildcats, too.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/sports/jay-wright-ism-jalen-br…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Josh Hart spent parts of seven seasons with three teams (Lakers, Pelicans, Trail Blazers) before the career-altering trade that brought him to the Knicks in 2023.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/sports/josh-hart-torments-76er…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Knicks’ do-it-all wing, donning a Knicks NBA Finals hat and an elegant outfit, took the podium to celebrate alongside his former Villanova teammates Mikal Bridges and Jalen Brunson
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/sports/josh-hart-enjoys-wine-a…

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Claim 9: “Your fight with Danny Ferry when you accidentally headbutted Van Gundy?”

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Claim 10: “Playing with Allan Houston”

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Claim 11: “Mike Brown has been great all season long... He’s bringing that championship DNA from the Warriors”

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Claim 12: “He’s learned a lot from Coach John Chaney during his time there at Temple”

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The search results for 'Rick Brunson' and 'John Chaney' returned results for the TV show 'Rick and Morty' instead of the basketball figures, providing no evidence to confirm or deny the relationship.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rick and Morty was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The duo first met at Channel 101, a non-profit monthly short film festival in Los Angeles co-founded by Harmon. [18] At Channel 101, partic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rick is a mad scientist who drags his grandson, Morty, on crazy sci-fi adventures. Their escapades often have potentially harmful consequences for their family and the rest of the world. Join Rick and…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rick and Morty: Created by Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland. With Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Justin Roiland. The fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious gra…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2861424/

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Claim 13: “Returning to play your final season with the Knicks... surrounded by the great veterans that we had with the nucleus of players that we had with Carmelo and J.R. [Smith] and [Jason] Kidd and Tyson Chandler, Rasheed Wallace, and... Kurt Thomas”

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Claim 14: “Me being in Toronto during that time”

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Claim 15: “Jeff Van Gundy... when he was a coach, he was tough.”

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Claim 16: “He’s been around pro athletes his whole life with his dad (Rick), a former teammate of mine”

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Multiple independent web sources explicitly state that Rick Brunson was teammates with Marcus Camby on the New York Knicks in 1999.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season was the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NB…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and ended on June 13 with the New York Knicks defeating the …
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Claim 17: “He’s a hybrid. I have a very high appreciation for his game. [Referring to Karl-Anthony Towns]”

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Multiple NY Post sources list Karl-Anthony Towns as a player for the New York Knicks in the current/upcoming NBA context.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Last year, in his first season with the Knicks, the Pacers ruined his dream of reaching the NBA Finals.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/sports/knicks-vs-cavaliers-liv…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Last year, in his first season with the Knicks, the Pacers ruined his dream of reaching the NBA Finals.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/sports/knicks-karl-anthony-tow…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart will face either Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder or Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/ticket-sales/heres-how-to-get-…

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Claim 18: “John Calipari... He’s a guy who’s always been in my corner.”

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Claim 19: “Us having to be the 8 seed just to get into the playoffs”

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Claim 20: “Losing in the Final Four... no one really expected the University of Massachusetts to be in that position.”

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Claim 21: “A 50-game season, back-to-back-to-back games”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm that due to a lockout, the 1998-99 NBA regular season was shortened to 50 games.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1949–50 NBA season was the inaugural season of the National Basketball Association, after the merger of the 3-year-old BAA and 12-year-old NBL. The 1950 NBA playoffs ended with the Minneapolis Lak…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 50–40–90 club is a statistical achievement used to distinguish players as excellent shooters in the National Basketball Association (NBA), NBA G League, Women's National Basketball Association (WN…
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Claim 22: “Playing with LJ (Larry Johnson)... I grew up watching UNLV basketball.”

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Claim 23: “OG is one of the brightest two-way players that we have in this league.”

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Multiple NY Post sources list OG Anunoby as a player in the NBA and specifically as part of the New York Knicks roster.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — he has some Finals experience — from when he was with the Raptors in 2019.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/sports/karl-anthony-towns-cred…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — we’re a top five defensive team
https://nypost.com/2026/05/24/sports/knicks-stand-up-for-og-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — OG Anunoby was on the Raptors but did not play in the 2019 Finals
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/sports/the-knicks-have-one-big…

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Claim 24: “Wemby’s just like a freak of nature, a guy being 7-[foot]-4, 7-5”

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Multiple independent sources (NY Post and Wikipedia/Web search) describe Victor Wembanyama as being 7-foot-4.

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web search NEUTRAL — On 31 October 2024, Wembanyama had his second career five-by-five, putting up 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals, and five blocks."How Victor Wembanyama's unearthly size and still-gr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Checkout the latest stats of Victor Wembanyama. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com.
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web search NEUTRAL — And if you haven't realised already from this article Wembanyama - we can't stress this enough - is gigantic. A height graphic depicting Simone Biles at four foot eight, Tom Daly at five foot ten, LeB…
https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/crg7kgyg9r0o

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Claim 25: “Latrell Sprewell... Spree came off the bench when he first came to New York, then eventually he became a starter”

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Claim 26: “Your reaction when you were traded to the Knicks (for Charles Oakley)?”

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Claim 27: “I got traded to a situation in Denver where we had a chance to draft a young kid by the name of Carmelo Anthony”

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