We all tuned into the Knicks’ afternoon matinee against the Nets expecting a meaningless contest between a team that has clinched the playoffs, and a team that has been eliminated for quite some time now. And while the game ultimately ended up being meaningless for the most part, Cameron Payne, Precious Achiuwa, and Tom Thibodeau didn’t really get the memo. And if those three didn’t get the memo that the game had no significance, then Landry Shamet didn’t even know that memos existed.
With the starters (minus Mikal Bridges, who played all of six seconds to continue his consecutive games streak) all sitting out the game, the Knicks trotted out Deuce McBride, and, P.