I don't just mean the Knicks president who built this Finals contender.
But the history behind his rise as an amateur hooper, then lawyer, turned NBA agent?
The CAA super agent had a front row seat to almost every catastrophic Knicks decision for 25 years. He was the guy getting paid on the other side of every deal.
Then he took over the Knicks and did the exact opposite of all everything he saw for 20 years
Buckle up 🧵
Leon Rose grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ. A 5'10" point guard, not the quickest or most talented, but his basketball coach made him godfather to his son.
That's the type of dude Leon is.
Then he went to Temple Law, worked as a Camden County prosecutor, and became a litigator. Never stopped loving basketball.
In 1995, he took his first-ever NBA client: Rick Brunson, an undrafted Temple guard. Leon was so locked in he'd show up at 6 a.m. to rebound for Brunson's workouts and yell at him to line up on his shot.
Rick went undrafted. But Leon got him in the league anyway. and never let go of that relationship.
