David Fizdale embarked on a miserable first season as New York Knicks head coach. Headlined by an 18-game losing, the Kristaps Porzingis trade and leading a “developmental” year, nothing went in the former Miami Heat assistant’s direction.
Year Two will remove that “honeymoon” label, though. No longer is Fizdale in charge of a roster with questionable pieces or a team not constructed to play competitively. The 2019 offseason boosted the rotation and added youth in RJ Barrett and Ignas Brazdeikis at the NBA Draft.
This new look creates fresh expectations for Fizdale to fulfill, which are headlined by the following: