Brad Penner/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
Both N.B.A. teams in New York City are in transition right now — on and off the floor.
For the Nets, this year’s campaign is about cultivating camaraderie and developing the younger players, treading water until the wounded knight in shining armor — Kevin Durant — returns next season. For the Knicks, this season’s motto is most likely some variation of: “There’s always next year. And the year after that.”
In the meantime, the tenants of Madison Square Garden have been unwatchable. The Knicks are in perpetual bridge mode — but what they’re transitioning to is unclear.