As the Knicks continue to struggle, their main offseason signee appears to be struggling most of all. Former Knicks first-round pick Tim Hardaway Jr., was brought back on a four-year, $71 million contract to be one of the players the team could build around and help fill some of the scoring void left when Carmelo Anthony was traded to Oklahoma City.
Three games into this winless Knicks’ season, Hardaway is averaging 9.3 points, shooting a team-worst 24.3 percent from the field and he hasn’t shown he’s improved defensively as he did in Atlanta.
Hardaway was 2-for-11 with six points in Tuesday’s 21-point loss to the Celtics and did little to prevent Boston’s Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum from scoring.