Since 1973, every generation of Knicks fans warned the next of becoming jaded. It’s hard not to when the inept eras of Isiah Thomas and Phil Jackson were only separated by six years. When Leon Rose took over the Knicks front office as President of Basketball Operations in 2020, the Knicks had just survived the reign of Steve Mills. Rose started this off-season hotter than his last two, signing Jalen Brunson and Isiah Hartenstein and trading away older veterans. Of course, the potential Donovan Mitchell trade will ultimately be the barometer for Rose’s performance this summer. Will he get fleeced, as so many Knicks executives have in the past?
For Leon Rose, the day of reckoning may be near at hand
