“Developmental” was the term used for the New York Knicks before the 2018-19 season started. Without a healthy Kristaps Porzingis, expectations were reasonably low, and it led to a 17-65 campaign, which tied for the worst in franchise history.
However, the Knicks were real on “developmental,” and head coach David Fizdale knows this, too. Per the Trentonian, the 44-year-old ensured he was honest about the team’s direction:
“We tried to make a real point of that early in the press conferences,” Fizdale said. “Just be brutally honest and don’t make it seem like we’re going to be better than we are, we’re going to do something magical, sprinkle pixie dust and all of a sudden we’re winning.