A little over six months ago, the Knicks hired David Fizdale. The job description called for winning someday, sure, but the initial objective was to fumigate the stench of business-as-usual that’s stunk up this franchise predating the current ownership (honestly, other than the 1990s and half of the 1970s, the Knicks have mostly been meh). By week’s end we’ll hit this season’s quarter pole. Has anything changed for the better? Has anything worsened? Yes! Let’s look where and how.
MINUTES
Last year, eight Knicks suited up who were 23 or younger. Excluding Kristaps Porzingis (‘cuz the other seven can’t do this), the other seven averaged a shade under 16 minutes per game.