Ahead of Tuesday night’s showdown with the Brooklyn Nets, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau announced an upcoming change to the starting lineup and the rotation as a whole.
Kemba Walker would no longer be starting, replaced at the starting point guard spot by Alec Burks. In fact, Thibs said that Walker wouldn’t even be a part of the rotation “as of right now,” while he works on tightening the screws on one of the deepest teams in the NBA.
It was hard not to see the writing on the wall with Kemba’s role on this team and where those responsibilities were heading.