Last year we had an ill-matched roster without one legit starter. Or maybe one depending how you view Kanter in the modern NBA. You know who led the Knix in Points per game? The Mudman. (Tim had more while he was here).
Fizz led the tank and it got us a #3 pick.
It was a development and reclamation year.
Zonja, Burke, Mud and Vonleh all averaged over 20 mins per game.
So did Mitch, Knox, Franc, Trier and Datsun.
Reclamations and yute.
This year we have more talent.
Randle and to a lesser extent Morris are solid starters.
Taj is aging but still a starting level player. Portis nearly one as well.
So the Knix can just invent Powerball and start 4 PF's.
There's a lot of depth, but the Knix still have an unbalanced roster.
The Guard rotation is pretty up in the air. We have 3 very young players who need lots of minutes. No legit starting level PG.
So it's another development year. No one expects these Knix to make the playoffs. Or win half the games. Under Fizz, lots of guys improved and many achieved above expectations. I'd say that goes for Mitch, Mud, Kanter, Vonleh Trier, Dot, while Knox showed flashes. That's half the roster. While Kornet improved on D.
It's also a lot of guys who haven't played together.
Mitch, Knox, Trier, Dot, Franc the only guys who were here all last year. And they all have limited NBA experience.
A lot of new faces, a lot of guys on short contracts, a lot of competition.
That certainly doesn't spell chemistry.
I'd say Fizz has his work cut out for him, managing minutes, egos, roles, while trying to balance vets and yute development, and figure out a sustainable G rotation.
So I think this on-the-clock BS is nonsense. NY impatience.
Another development year. More pieces to work with, but still an odd overloaded roster.
Agree with much of what you said, save for how no one expects us to win half of our games and [cough] nonsense.
As you may or may not recall, I am and have remained a Fizdale booster.
Yes, the Knicks roster is a grab bag assembled on the fly and yes, this is another developmental year...but we have some solid veterans and in Robinson, Knox, Smith, Ntilikina, Trier, Dotson, RJ and Iggy we have some nice developmental pieces.
Fizdale is indeed on the clock, not because of NYC impatience, but because the tanking/developmental narrative is kind of played out.
Yes, we are still in possession of all our #1 picks, and yes, we are bringing along our puppies with some patience.
The impatience comes from the way Fizz yo-yoed some players, and how for all the happy faces about developing players, Mills & Perry basically jettisoned Mudiay, Vonleh, Kornet and Hezonja, who all made progress.
The brain trust thus determined that their progress was insufficient.
And so, in going from Plan A [Developmental] to Plan B [Big Name Long Term Free Agents] to Plan C [Short Term, Moderate Value, Low Risk Free Agents] we are still sorting things out.
The efficacy of Plan C thus depends on Fizdale establishing some sort of consistent, coherent, sustainable culture and team identity.
And that my friend, is not nonsense, that is REALITY. What is nonsense?
The bleatings of we suck, we suck, we suck among the groundlings.
We have an interesting roster, and some real talent.
Seventeen wins last season?
Are 33-36-39 wins this season so beyond the pale?
I don't think so, and that is FIZZ's challenge, and for that, yes, he is on the clock.
But hey, I go into every season kind of blushing like a 13 year old girl, all rosy cheeked and such. 
Poll
