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This week in Knicks history: David Fizdale tries to motivate the squad with an actual ax

In the end, David Fizdale was, by win-loss record, the worst head coach in franchise history. But in the beginning, he was a bespectacled salesman trying to push an underwhelming team to punch above their weight. And two years ago this week, he brought an ax into the locker room.

The Fizdale era was, well, it definitely happened. Fiz tried his darndest, but the team he thought he was coming to coach — the one led by Kristaps Porzingis — never materialized. Still, despite joining a team whose best player was on the mend, Fizdale pulled out all the stops to try and get his squad going.