The Knicks organization has been in the news a lot this season, mostly for the wrong reasons. Derrick Rose went AWOL in January, Carmelo Anthony has been floated in a handful of trade rumors, and GM Phil Jackson has said all the wrong things about pretty much everything. The most recent lowlight came earlier this week when franchise favorite Charles Oakley was involved in an altercation with owner James Dolan, leading to the former player’s removal from the arena and subsequent lifetime ban from Madison Square Garden.
Meanwhile, the team has lost four in a row (all at MSG) and continues to fall further out of the playoff picture in the east, showing little interest in playing defense and a lack of chemistry on offense.