Just like what we had witnessed in years past, it's been a season of mediocrity for the New York Knicks. Yet again, fans are in the mood of putting bags over their heads.
At least, however, this year is unlike the ones before, where they had stars and known veterans were in town, but still failed to bring wins and playoff runs. The current roster is the first version of a team that's intended to surround new franchise man, Kristaps Porzingis.
It hasn't gone well, as the team's play deteriorated and they are back to placing towards the bottom half of the Eastern Conference standings. They are 23-33, seeded 10th. Making things worse is the injury of Porzingis, who tore his ACL days ago and will be out for a year.
Head coach Jeff Hornacek is on the coaching hot seat for some time now, until Wednesday night, when it was reported that his job is safe – at least for season. Here's Knicks General Manager Scott Perry talking about Hornacek's future, via Marc Berman of the New York Post:
“No, we’re not looking to make any changes… We’re evaluating the entire season. Jeff and his group are working really hard with this basketball team and doing the very best they can and obviously this is an adversity for them to deal with KP being out, but I’m confident that they’ll be able to do a good job of keeping this team playing hard and playing together.’’
Probably wanting to look ahead, Berman continued his article by speculating on who could replace Hornacek should a firing occur in the off-season:
“Mark Jackson is an obvious candidate to be the Knicks next coach, because team president Steve Mills wanted to interview him in 2014 before Phil Jackson hired Derek Fisher. Doc Rivers could spring free with the Clippers’ tricky post-Blake-Griffin situation. Mike Brown is doing a lot of winning as an assistant in Golden State. And former Cavs coach David Blatt is one of Mills’ closest friends.”
Including the Knicks' record from last season, Jeff Hornacek is currently 54-84 as New York's coach.
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