John McEnroe is a passionate New York Knicks fan and has been a long-time supporter of the NBA franchise. The tennis legend reminisced about the Knicks\u2019 dominance in the 1970s and 1990s while making a hilarious quip about his own basketball skills.<\/p>\n
John McEnroe Makes Hilarious Remark About His Dunking Skills<\/p>\n
McEnroe is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, having won 7 Grand Slam titles and 77 career titles. The American also retains a passionate interest in basketball and is a huge New York Knicks fan.<\/p>\n
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During \u201cThe Mac Zone\u201d watchalong of the opening day of the French Open alongside his brother, Patrick McEnroe, the 67-year-old spoke about the Knicks\u2019 dominant era in the early 1970s, when they won two NBA titles.<\/p>\n
McEnroe also spoke about his disappointment at the Knicks\u2019 failure to win the NBA Championship in the 1990s, especially in the year Michael Jordan took a break from the sport to try out baseball.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Knicks won two titles before I was 14. So my thinking was, \u2018Okay, it\u2019s not going to happen all the time. It\u2019s going to happen somewhat regularly. In my humble estimation, the greatest city in the world. So, 53 years later, the year Jordan didn\u2019t play they got to the Finals. I saw John Stockton, I was like, \u2018Why did you have to keep shooting? Give it to Patrick Ewing,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
As the show\u2019s producer put a mock-up image of McEnroe dunking on the screen, he made a hilarious dig about his own basketball skills during his high school days.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI could dunk in high school\u2026 a softball. I couldn\u2019t grab a basketball,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Knicks are currently on a dominant run in the NBA Playoffs, having won their last 10 games. They are one win away against the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.<\/p>\n