Learning to appreciate Jarrett Jack, starting NBA point guard

Jarrett Jack is an interesting player within the context of this Knicks squad.

That's a sentence I would have laughed two months ago. At that point, it appeared Jack was on his way out of the NBA; he was 34, had suffered two consecutive season ending knee injuries, and wasn't even on a roster LAST season until February. Jack was unsigned all summer, and appeared to be a camp body after signing the only non-guaranteed contract on the entire Knicks roster. Jack was a dumpster fire in preseason, and it was a surprise that he even made the team.

A couple weeks later, Jack was announced as the starter against the Brooklyn Nets. I experienced a near breakdown as I prepared for the inevitable: two…