The New York Knicks are trending in the right direction for the first time in a long time. The new regime of Leon Rose and Tom Thibodeau has the Knicks playing above-.500 basketball and the playoffs seem like a legitimate possibility for the first time since 2013.
Here are our midseason grades for the 2020-21 Knicks.
Leon Rose/Front Office: A-
This is a midseason grade for the entire front office, but in a way it’s Leon Rose’s first-year grade. He took over as Knicks team president in early March of 2020 and he deserves his flowers for his first year.