The New York Knicks have had a dreadful 2014-15 NBA season in pretty much all respects, but head coach Derek Fisher believes a bit of free-agent and NBA Draft luck could be enough to push the Knicks back to the top of the East next season.
Via Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN New York:
The Knicks' head coach said Thursday that the Knicks "will turn around quickly." When asked about potentially duplicating a dramatic 23-game turnaround like the Milwaukee Bucks (38-40) have done this season, Fisher said the Knicks are capable of something much more stunning.
"I guess that's possible, but we are not here trying to squeeze in, we are not here trying to go from 15 to 36," said Fisher, whose Knicks currently have 15 wins. "That's just not who we are. So it can turn around quickly. It will turn around quickly.
"But we don't really have to put a number on it," Fisher continued. "We are 6-21 in games [decided] by six points or less this year. So we lost 21 games on two possessions. So we don't have go from 15 to 36 next year. We can go from 15 to 63 if we really want to. But that is up to us."
Such an improvement would make NBA history, as no team in the league has ever made the 48-to-50 win improvement from one year to the next that the Knicks would have to make to get to 63 wins in 2015-16.
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