Although the NBA trade deadline seems like forever away, the New York Knicks’ biggest need they must address by Feb. 5 is already crystal clear: They need to give Jalen Brunson backup—a real, actual backup.
As Stefan Bondy of the New York Post notes, New York is now being forced to trot out pseudo-playmakers when Brunson is catching a breather. Of course, this is a dilemma most saw coming. The sudden retirement of Malcolm Brogdon—who, for the record, did not look great in preseason—left the Knicks without a (theoretically) dependable offensive organizer coming off the bench.