TORONTO — Jeff Hornacek seemed defensive — no pun intended — about Derrick Rose revealing his conversation with the Knicks coach in which he told him to get on the players more about their defensive foibles. Hornacek indicated he didn’t see that as the issue.
The irony couldn’t have been greater, with Rose only five days removed from failing to show up for a home game without notifying the Knicks.
“We try to talk to them after practice,” Hornacek said before the Knicks got blown out by the Raptors, 116-101. “What they see?