Throughout the 2016-17 NBA regular season, head coach Jeff Hornacek was viewed as a second authority of sorts. Team president Phil Jackson made more headlines than hi players, and the triangle offense was the media’s favorite punching bag.
We may never know how significant a role the triangle offense played in the dysfunction of the 2016-17 Knicks, but the removal of the system has proven beneficial.
New York is on pace to produce its best scoring season in nearly a decade. At the heart of that success has been the flexibility that Hornacek has to do what he was unable to in 2016-17: Teach one system before incorporating another.