The past four games for the New York Knicks have taken Frank Ntilikina down a slope. From the promise he showed in the first two weeks of 2018-19, that disappeared with hitting just 24 percent of his shots for 4.3 points and 5.0 assists.
Perhaps the most eye-opening statistic: Ntilikina has missed all 13 three-point attempts in this four-game stretch. It brought his season average down to 28.6 percent.
Top-10 picks receive high expectations upon entry to the NBA, which Ntilikina was in 2017 at No. 8 overall. He went ahead of Dennis Smith Jr.