Ron Baker has become a true New Yorker this season, moving from Westchester County to the Upper West Side, even taking the subway twice to the Garden for games.
But unlike his rookie year, when he was a storybook revelation as an undrafted free agent out of Wichita State, Baker’s career arc has been derailed for now.
Despite the Knicks team spirit he displays with an active Twitter account (143,000 followers), Baker is on the outside looking in on the team’s 10-7 start.
Plagued by injuries to his ankle and shoulder and being part of a rotation that began the season 0-3, Baker hasn’t dressed since the third game.