Knicks president Leon Rose is getting ready for Thursday night's NBA Draft lottery. Credit: Jim McIsaac
It was March 2 when Leon Rose stepped onto the Madison Square Garden court for the first time as Knicks president. He’d been there many times before, but not in this new role. He made the rounds, greeting employees and reporters and casting an eye on the roster he’d inherited warming up on the floor.
He got to watch a Knicks victory that night and five more games before the season was abruptly cut short by the coronavirus. Since then he’s hired a new coach, restructured the front office and done little to convince anyone that the Knicks' fortunes this season will be any different from what they've been through two decades of near-constant struggles.