After shocking everybody and finishing fourth in the East last year to snap their eight-year playoff drought, the Knicks had hoped their offseason acquisitions of Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier would take them to the next level. So far, though, it hasn’t worked out like that.
Walker not only lost his starting point guard job, he found himself removed from the rotation completely and hasn’t played in New York’s last six games. Fournier has started all 25 games this year but he might be next in joining Walker on the bench. He’s averaging 12.8 points per game, his fewest since his third season in the league, when he was only a part-time starter.