Earlier in the season, even before the Knicks had shed most of their talent in salary slot clearing deals, Knicks coach David Fizdale described Noah Vonleh as the team’s most complete player.
But beginning with the Knicks' loss at Detroit on Feb. 8 when he was pulled after just three scoreless minutes, he has come off the bench in four of the last five games and seen his minutes drastically cut as the team has placed Luke Kornet in a starting role alongside recently-acquired DeAndre Jordan. In the last five games entering Friday night’s game he averaged just 16 minutes and four points after playing 26.