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Typical Knicks: The franchise fires David Fizdale without addressing any of its real problems

It’s true to form, the New York Knicks doing exactly what they do: bathe in turmoil.

David Fizdale being fired as head coach wasn’t a surprise — not when you saw the repeated lackluster efforts and blowouts in front of team owner James Dolan and all of the NBA world.

It seemed there was a low bar for everyone — the Knicks, Fizdale and even the front office to some degree. They couldn’t get Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, and those early returns haven’t been promising, but there appears to be, at least, a blueprint for a future.