Heads-up: this part one is rrrreally long. Let’s just dive in.
1) In what year will the Knicks have a winning record?
— MeloIsoMyBalls
In my 30 years following the Knicks day in, day out, only twice have they improved from a losing team one year to a winning team the next. The 1992 Knicks improved from 39-43 the year before to 51-31 after replacing John MacLeod with Pat Riley, trading for Xavier McDaniel, signing Anthony Mason and giving John Starks a bigger role. In 2011 the Knicks went 42-40 a year after finishing 29-53 by swapping David Lee, Al Harrington and Chris Duhon for Amar’e Stoudemire, Landry Fields, Carmelo Anthony and Raymond Felton/Chauncey Billups.