The 2018-19 campaign has been a struggle for New York Knicks guard Frank Ntilikina, to say the least.

In 30 games this season, Ntilikina is averaging just 6.5 points and 2.6 assists while making 34.9 percent of his field-goal attempts, 29.0 percent of his three-pointers and 80.8 percent of his free throws.

Knicks president Steve Mills says that the team needs to find a way to get his confidence back up, according to Chris Iseman of NorthJersey.com:

“We’ve got to find a way to work with Frank and allow the confidence on the offensive end of the floor to sort of live within him all the time,” Mills said. “It’s there sometimes, it’s not there other times. …We’ve got to find a way to make Frank feel confidence on the offensive end. He believes in what he can do defensively. That’s on us. To take a 20 year old kid and give him the freedom and the skills to feel good about what he’s doing.”

Defense is not an issue for Ntilikina, as New York is a better defensive team with the second-year guard on the floor. However, offensively, it's another story.

As a matter of fact, a legitimate argument can be made that the Belgium native has actually regressed on that end of the floor.

During his rookie campaign last year, Ntilikina shot 36.4 percent from the floor and 31.8 percent from beyond the arc. Those are hardly impressive numbers, but they are still better than what the 20-year-old has offered up this season.

The Knicks were banking on some improvement from Ntilikina this campaign, but it hasn't happened. At least not yet.