New York Knicks fans enter the 2019-2020 season with tempered enthusiasm. An essential year two of the front office’s long-term plan, the Knicks are looking to build and provide evidence that their brand of player development is on par with other organizations in the NBA.
On a surface level, the message laid out by President of Basketball Operations, Steve Mills, General Manager Scott Perry, and Head Coach David Fizdale has been consistent. Mills and Co. chastized past regimes for taking short cuts and irresponsible spending while promising a new dawn complete with talented draft picks, player development, financial flexibility, and the idea that elite stars would want to come here.