We have committed to heart the best-case scenario for which the Knicks are wishing upon a star to rejoin the land of the basketball living. It is a simple, three-part plan that goes something like this:
1. Win (or at least place) in the draft lottery, meaning that if you don’t get Zion Williamson you can draft his Duke teammate, RJ Barrett, who in some minds is actually the better player with the higher ceiling.
2. Discover that all of the hopeful buzz surrounding Kevin Durant is for real, and that Durant really is intrigued (some say infatuated) with the idea of Mark-Messiering the Knicks out of their 46-year hike through the basketball wilderness.