Heading into the 2021 offseason, the Knicks, who had just made the playoffs for the first time in eight years, were looking to make a splash to help them take the next step. And that splash came in the form of Kemba Walker, Evan Fournier, Nerlens Noel, Alex Burks, and Taj Gibson. None of them were the kind of needle-moving stars to catapult a team to the finals but at the time, they looked like solid additions to what was an exciting, young, up-and-coming roster that included first-time All-Star, Julius Randle, RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, and Obi Toppin.