In the last 70 years, the New York Knicks have only won two championships (1970, ’73). In the world of professional sports and particularly on as big of a stage as New York, that’s disappointing from both a fan and franchise standpoint. Part of this is due to the revolving door of head coaches that struggle to control a team that’s never really quite theirs. The larger issue for the Knicks is the desire to have big stars on its big stage. Sometimes this predilection leads to discovering unexpected gems, like All-Rookie Kristaps Porzingis.
More often, though, it leads to landing stars who are past their prime and struggling to come around to that notion – Amar’e Stoudemire and Stephon Marbury are recent examples of this and there’s a good chance that Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah will be as well. The frustration for fans is compounded by the fact that the Knicks tend to use up their cap space on these fading players, leaving them unable to sign rising stars, much less ones in their prime.
So what’s a better option for the Knicks than signing Rose and Noah to bloated, prolonged contracts? The Ringer‘s Jason Concepcion has your answers here. For some context on the historical struggle of New York’s basketball team, watch Bill Simmons break it down below.
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