This is going to take some time.
Though the New York Knicks are only a few games into their schedule, they are already facing a dilemma that could define their season: They clearly are not as deep as they thought.
Winning their first two games of the year papered over a smattering of bench-mob struggles. But the Knicks could not overcome those same issues in Sunday’s loss to the Miami Heat.
On a night in which Karl-Anthony Towns struggled, and also delivered too many of his trademark ticky-tack fouls, the back of the Knicks’ rotation wilted—as it has, frankly, for much of the season.