A bummer in the Spurs stands
Go Knicks
by Henry Sumber
In Finals Game 1, people in the expensive seats in San Antonio said something that appeared to bother Knicks star Jalen Brunson. The Finals have mostly been thrilling, but at times it feels impossible to keep America’s culture wars out of the arena. Consider the recent experience of 13-year-old Henry Sumber, who’s writing his first story for TrueHoop.
My whole life, I have gotten really into things. Many kids watched Cars and traded Pokémon cards. But I got consumed to the point that I knew the name of every car in Cars, and every Pokémon. Those things felt like they became my entire life.
In last year’s playoffs, something new caught my attention: basketball. I live in Austin, but both of my parents are from New York. They watched the Knicks games when they were kids, and we watched the Knicks make a run to the conference finals. Everyone (me, my mom, my dad, my brother) has become a Knicks fan and we put on almost every …
