I don’t know that the Knicks deserve their reputation for buffoonery. Sure, the last 20 years have been mostly dispiriting. But some of what’s gone wrong happens to everybody. Some of you are not just down on Julius Randle, you’re done with him. And I suspect most NBA fans would rate Damontas Sabonis and maybe Jerami Grant above Randle. But neither of those guys ever hit the heights JR did in 2021. Sabonis has never led a team past the first round; since leaving Denver for a bigger role, Grant’s never sniffed the postseason.
The haters got off laughing at the Knicks for trading an obviously disgruntled Kristaps Porziu0146u0123is before losing him for nothing as his rookie deal neared completion.