Where to even begin with this team?
We could talk about all the offseason moves the New York Knicks made following their disappointing 34-win finish last year. After all, they did hire a new coach, bring in three new starters, nine new players overall and revamp the bench.
And if everything goes right, if everyone stays healthy and meshes and buys in, the Knicks certainly could, as Jeff Van Gundy recently said, win 50 games and emerge as one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.
Of course, the moves were not without risk: Head coach Jeff Hornacek seems like an inspired hire, but he has a career coaching record of 101-112. Joakim Noah, the man tabbed to improve a Knicks defense that finished 20th in points surrendered per 100 possessions last year, is 31 years old and missed 53 games last season because of a series of left shoulder injuries.
And then there’s Derrick Rose, the former MVP whose career has been derailed by torn ACLs and other maladies, and whose off-the-court life now looms like a shadow over the season.
This is not what Phil Jackson had planned. This year, in his ...
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