The Knicks Bench: Best Seat In Town

[Cazzie Russell joined the 1966-67 New York Knicks touted as the NBA’s highest-paid rookie and its next superstar. Cazzie’s superstardom never happened. He struggled as a rookie, finally found his rhythm at small forward, then broke his ankle. The higher-paid “Dollar” Bill Bradley took Cazzie’s starting job, which launched a then-favorite debate around …