99 is proud to announce its first book, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE STRANGE TAKES FROM THE STRANGEST SEASON IN KNICKS HISTORY by Jim Cavan, Mike Kurylo, Seth Rosenthal, and Robert Silverman, with Jake Appleman, Jason Concepcion, Jared Dubin, Dan Litvin, and Jamie O'Grady. These bloggers and writers, whose work appears in New York magazine, The New York Times, ESPN.com, and SB Nation among other outlets, live and relive the crazy 2012 season, from the pre-season lockout to an ever-fluctuating and injury-riddled roster, to the burst of heat and light that the emergence of point guard Jeremy Lin represented, as well as the ultimate disappointment as Lin leaves to join the Houston Rockets. The book is introduced by Will Leitch, the founder of the sports blog Deadspin and the author of four books, including his latest, Are We Winning?: Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball (Hyperion, 2010).
A bit too hastily compiled but still a fun reflective read on the wild 2011-2012 Knicks season penned by the bloggers and beat writers who were there. Some of the pieces were uneven but some were pretty good. The interspersing of @netw3rk's tweets worked perfectly.
A trip down memory lane of the most surreal Knicks season during my lifetime. It's done by our favorite Knicks bloggers and the writing is very good. My favorite parts were Seth's primers on some of the weird players associated with this team and the sprinkling in of some of @netw3rk's best tweets.