The flowery offseason rhetoric is over and now the games — and probable losses — begin for the 2018-19 Knicks.
Player development is the priority over the won-loss record that won’t be aided by Kristaps Porzingis’ uncertain return from an ACL tear. A plan is in place that should include another high lottery pick in June, a vibrant new culture under first-year coach David Fizdale and a potential max free agent coming aboard in July.
Now comes the hard part: the schedule.
“A lot of people count us out, but we know what we’re made of, we know the work we put in this offseason,” said Tim Hardaway Jr.