Kevin Knox II of the New York Knicks against the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center on January 11, 2021. Credit: Getty Images/Jared C. Tilton
The Knicks and Dennis Smith Jr. have received deserved kudos for finding a way to try to salvage something from the underachieving point guard and former lottery pick. The team granted Smith’s wish to join the Westchester Knicks in the G League bubble in Orlando this month to get game repetitions.
But Smith is not the lone lottery pick lost in the Knicks’ rotation shuffle right now. And with more than a quarter of the season gone and a 9-13 record to show for it, Tom Thibodeau has seen what he has on the roster and seems clear about the path forward.