The New York Knickerbockers, known familiarly as the Knicks, are a professional National Basketball Association team based in New York City. The organization was a founding member of the Basketball Association of America in 1946 and would join the NBA after the BAA and National Basketball League merged.The Knicks are one of only two teams of the original National Basketball Association still located in its original city (the other being the Boston Celtics). The team currently is playing in Madison Square Gardens