President Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry’s $6.5 million investment on Mario Hezonja long seemed like a failure. Questionable decision-making, enigmatic offensive performances and lapses on defense caused this New York Knicks forward to hit the bench on multiple occasions, until this eye-opening, late-season experiment.
A 30-point game and a triple-double in Hezonja’s last two games, both of which as the point forward, suddenly gives him intrigue, in a role head coach David Fizdale only tried without Dennis Smith Jr. and Emmanuel Mudiay available.
Now, it has Hezonja talking future with the Knicks, or at least wanting to, per Steve Popper of Newsday.