GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Back in the summer when the talk of the rebuild was in full swing, David Fizdale certainly knew there would be hard times in his first season. The seven straight losses that the Knicks carry into Friday’s game in Brooklyn, sure, he could see that coming. Maybe even the 10-36 record even if he didn’t want to think about it.
But what Fizdale now is dealing with in trying to navigate the team through a season in which the organization shudders at the mention or notion that they are tanking is the dysfunction that comes with the mounting losses and realistic decisions to move on from the last generation of players.