It’s hard to be patient when building a team under the spotlight of New York City, Knicks president Steve Mills is acutely aware of just that. Still, after 45 years without a title and two particularly disappointing decades, the club is going to try it out.
“I believe [Knicks] fans will accept a team that has a plan and you stick with it and if you deliver players, you do have some hope,” Mills told Steve Popper of Newsday. “[…] We think we have something we can see is different as long as we have the patience to stick to it.”
Among other things, the Knicks will need to wait for Kristaps Porzingis to return from a knee injury months into the 2018/19 season and hope for progress out of raw 2017 lottery pick Frank Ntilikina.
There’s more from the Atlantic Division:
- The Nets have addressed their rebounding shortage with vigor. Chris Milholen of Nets Daily writes that the club’s acquisitions of Ed Davis, Kenneth Faried and now Alan Williams prove that they’re committed to improving that particular shortcoming.
- It’s reasonable to assume that the Sixers envisioned Markelle Fultz as a starter when they drafted him. Derek Bodner of The Athletic writes that much-improved sophomore Dario Saric may need to return to the bench if that’s the case.
- There are less than 10 days until training camp begins. Currently, two Atlantic Division teams have maxed out their rosters at 20. The Knicks, Raptors and 76ers all have one more space to fill. Check out our list of NBA roster counts for the rest of the league, broken down by team.
knicks < nets
no reason a star player would rebuild with a dysfunctional/talentless team
Dario doesn’t have to go to the bench, the best starting 5 that Philly can put together is Simmons, Fultz, RoCo, Dario & Embiid. That it is a pretty impressive team.
Reddick?
The league needs a Kobe Bryant again. Only players I see with a potential Mamba Mentality are Mitchell,Kyrie,Westbrook,Embiid, and Tatum. I’d throw Curry and Durant in there also, they can be pretty cold blooded also.