By Nick Mac Willis Reed is the GOAT of the New York Knicks and Patrick Ewing and Walt Frazier are right behind him. Since 1946, the New York Knickerbockers have been a part of professional basketball. The Knicks were a powerhouse in their earlier years, making the playoffs in each of their first 9 seasons and 3 straight NBA Finals from 1951 through 1953. The team hit all-time lows during the late 50s and early 60, but fortunes for them began to change in the latter part of the 1960s. The Knicks won their first two NBA titles during the 1970s and have been in pursuit of another Larry O’Brien Tr…