The departure of Frank Ntilikina feels like the epilogue of one of the awful, but more forgettable eras in Knicks history, the Scott Perry-Steve Mills regime. It is strange, considering he was the epilogue of one of the awful, but more unforgettable eras in Knicks history in the Phil Jackson regime, one of the Zen Master’s final moves before being fired days later.
That’s the story of Ntilikina’s Knicks tenure in a nutshell. He was drafted by someone who force-fed prospects and slept through their workouts, yet was allowed to make his draft choice on his way out.