The season is starting soon and that's all anyone in the city is talking about right now.
New York City mayor Eric Adams has been charged with bribery, wire fraud and taking donations from foreign nationals. So it's a bit of an unusual morning at City Hall. Except for deputy mayor Phil Banks, who is laser-focused on the issue of the moment: the
He share his thoughts on the Knicks—heck, he shared every thought he has on the Knicks—with NY1's Kelly Mena, who approached him for an interview very much not about the Knicks.You won't see this type of single-minded focus on talking on the Knicks and nothing but the Knicks again until they get off to a halfway decent start this season, and the national shows need to talk about something other than football.
Say what you want about the strategy, but it is a strategy. At a certain point between the Adams news breaking last night and arriving at work today, everyone in the mayor's orbit had to hatch a plan on how to attack what promised to be a difficult day. Banks set out to only talk about the Knicks and he did just that.Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media.
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