You would hope the Knicks have learned their lesson after perhaps the biggest free-agent flop in NBA history in the summer of 2019. New York cleared the deck for Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant long before seeing even an inkling of commitment from the two superstars, trading away a franchise anchor in the process. We know the story from there. KD and Kyrie opted for another borough, Kristaps Porzingis shined in Dallas and the Knicks will enter 2020–21 in a state of relative purgatory. The franchise’s next move isn’t exactly clear.
Evidence suggests the Knicks could be in line to repeat their recent failures in the summer of 2021.