This may be because the Knicks were successful their first several seasons .
Shorty after the league became the NBA making New York one of its first members also and only one of two teams still playing in the city where it started .
This may be because the New York were successful New York 's first several seasons .
Shorty after the league became the NBA making New York one of its first members also and only one of two teams still playing in the city where it started .