The New York Knicks were never expected to compete for the playoffs in 2018-19, but they still had a healthy problem of too many players to use in the rotation. Allonzo Trier‘s surprise presence only added to this.
It went away when Kevin Knox sat out seven games with an ankle injury, but his return, along with Emmanuel Mudiay‘s play, clogged the rotation.
Trey Burke became the first casualty. Before Friday, he hadn’t played in three of the previous four games, with the one in between due to the Orlando Magic clobbering the Knicks at home.