The New York Knicks have a bad defense.
It’s a hard pill to swallow, but it’s the truth. Granted, the Knicks ranked 19th in the league with 112.3 points allowed per game and thus weren’t the worst. However, New York also ranked 29th in allowing opponents to shoot 38.1% from three-point range, with only the injury-ravaged Golden State Warriors behind them.
Such is life in today’s NBA. It is very much a scoring guard’s league where long-range shooting rules the hardwood with an iron fist. As a result, even with glaring needs elsewhere, teams really can’t have too many strong defensive wings to help curb scoring.