Tonight, the lights should belong to the fans.

The roar inside New York Knicks games at Madison Square Garden is not about politics, polling numbers, or motorcades. It is about ordinary people who spent too much money on tickets, waited too many years for a Finals run, and simply want to lose themselves in basketball for a few hours.

Every presidential visit turns a simple night out into a security exercise. Streets close. Traffic snarls.

Ticketless fans are prohibited from gathering outside the Garden for the previously scheduled Watch Party.

Can’t we have this one thing?

All the inconvenience and money to have fat ass take a nap during the game.

Frankly, many of us already feel exhausted by the daily political circus. The shouting. The outrage. The endless breaking news alerts. Whether you love Agent Orange or cannot stand him, he is impossible to escape.

Tonight, I would like to focus on pick-and-rolls, defensive rotations, and whether the Knicks can bring a championship back to New York.

Give us three hours.

The country will still be waiting afterward.

For one evening, let the spotlight belong to the players, the fans, and the beautiful collective insanity that is New York sports.

Sincerely,

A Knicks fan who would rather argue about a missed foul call than the state of this messy country.

#GoKnicks 🏀🧡💙

Sadly, the chaotic night brought a crushing loss…there is always Wednesday😩