While much of the NBA has struggled to navigate its way through the pandemic, losing players to positive tests for COVID-19 and even more to health and safety protocols and contact tracing issues, the Knicks have managed to make it through the first 24 games without having a player miss a game because of the virus.
That has allowed the team forge a semblance of stability as it learns to play together under coach Tom Thibodeau.
"We’re able to continue to work hard every day and learn each other more and more, and it’s not something you can take for granted," RJ Barrett said.