The Knicks have had just three point guards finish in the top ten in assists per game in the last twenty years. Mike D’Antoni’s offense made Chris Duhon look like a legitimate starting point guard in 2008-09, Stephon Marbury had a couple of empty seasons in the mid-’00s, and Mark Jackson turned back the clock at age 36 when he started and played in all 82 games in 2001-02.
That lack of point guard consistency has bled over onto the team passing success. There hasn’t been a Knicks squad that’s finished in the top ten in assists since Pat Riley manned the sidelines in 1994-95.