Mario Hezonja’s most recent stretch glued to the Knicks’ bench has him wishing he had a time machine.
Not so the small forward could have signed elsewhere in free agency last offseason, but so he could have entered the NBA with the coaches he has now.
“I wish they were my coaching staff in my rookie year,” Hezonja said. “We’d be talking a different story right now.”
Before playing in the final three games of the Knicks’ six-city, 13-day road trip, Hezonja had played just twice over his last six games, and only for a combined 8:23.