The New York Knicks have remarkable upside and the ultimate risk factor. Every player has the raw ability to step up and produce at a high level, but a number of contributors have legitimate injury risks.
No player embodies that balance of risk and reward quite like starting point guard Derrick Rose.
Rose is far removed from winning MVP in 2011, but he’s still one of the more dynamic players at his position. He’s also a player with as many injury concerns as anyone at his position.
According to Lang Whitaker of NBA.com, Rose believes that 2016-17 will be a proving ground for the Knicks as a team and the players individually.