New York's most controversial summer signing could be the agent of chaos the offense desperately needs.
The Knicks play at the seventh-slowest pace in the NBA, averaging 94 possessions per 48 minutes. A slow pace in and of itself isn't a problem. But the Knicks aren't just slow, they're inefficient. Every team below their pace has a better true shooting percentage.
TEAM PACE TS%
NYK 94.2 .517
SAS 93.8 .557
MIA 93.8 .536
TOR 93.6 .541
CLE 93.5 .550
MIL 93.3 .528
UTA 91.8 .524
The Knicks are below-average from the field (43%) and downtown (34%); a year ago they were43% and 35%.