When the Knicks hired Scott Perry as general manager, there was understandable disagreement over the significance of the hire. With Steve Mills firmly in place above him as president of basketball operations and David Griffin having passed up the job because he would not be allowed to rework the front-office staff, there was speculation that the job would be far more symbolic than impactful. So far, those fears appear to be wrong.
When Perry was hired, Mills said that the new GM would have the power to remake the basketball operations department, and he appears to be doing just that.