Knicks coach David Fizdale looks on during a game against the Wizards on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Throughout the struggles of last season when the Knicks — and their fans — endured a 17-65 season, it was believed that the real game for the franchise was set for July when free agency would change the direction of the long-struggling team.
But as the team readies to open training camp Monday morning the stars are making their new starts in other places and the Knicks are left to perhaps finally explain what went wrong in a free-agent market that left them without even a meeting from the biggest names and instead a seven-player rebuild that feels more like running in quicksand than a step forward.