Knicks GM Scott Perry was one of the few front office figures to survive the purge that followed the hiring of new team president Leon Rose. Many Knicks fans were perplexed, since Perry didn’t do much to distinguish himself as GM. His trade of Kristaps Porzingis backfired, his 2019 free agent signings mostly sucked, and most of his young players didn’t develop much, if at all.
To that last point, many fans wondered why struggling players like Kevin Knox, Dennis Smith Jr., and Frank Ntilikina didn’t get playing time in the G League.