GREENBURGH — When the Knicks drafted Kevin Knox, they plucked the second-youngest player to be drafted, 18 years old at the time, and expected the age and inexperience to provide ups and down. And now 16 games into his career, as the struggles have far outweighed the highlights, the questions have come.
Is he really a worthy lottery pick? Will he become the star the Knicks hoped they were getting? But the team insists, and Knox agrees, that better days will come. When a story appeared in a tabloid with criticism of the Knicks' last two lottery picks, Knox and Ntilikina, Knicks coach David Fizdale bristled at the notion.