Sometimes players miss shots and sometimes journalists do, too. So when a few of us were speaking with Allonzo Trier after he led the Knicks with 22 points Thursday night, he spoke about playing with aggressiveness offensively that he had lost for a stretch. And as I tried to follow up on it, I used the word, “confidence” rather than “aggressiveness.”
Trier immediately responded, “I don’t lack confidence.”
And that is true, a statement that has been true since Trier arrived with the Knicks as an undrafted free agent last summer. While his play may be filled with ups and downs, Trier has never lacked for confidence.