After putting together two extraordinary runs through the 90s and super-early aughts with Pat Riley (first) and Jeff Van Gundy (second) on the sidelines, things took a turn for the very bad in Manhattan midway through the 2001-02 season.
JVG left MSG with a 10-9 record not even reaching 20 games on the bench that year. What followed that was simply nuts.
The Knicks named Don Chaney JVG’s replacement for the remainder of the season and all the poor chap could do was amass a 20-43 record and finish the season with a 30-52 record, the worst campaign in New York since the ‘87 Knick posted a putrid 24-58 record.