The New York Knicks are not a good team. We know this. Still, that does not mean head coach David Fizdale is okay with not seeing any progress.

Following the Knicks' 121-106 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, Fizdale expressed some concern for New York's 29th-ranked defense, saying that the players simply aren't understanding the concepts:

“We struggle with the concepts right now,” Fizdale said, according to Steve Popper of Newsday. “We really do. And the biggest one is the weak side of our defense and understanding how to scramble out of coverage. Which is typical. In my conversations with other coaches that have coached similar-type teams, that was always their biggest issue was ball movement, getting them to share the ball and getting them to understand how to defend on the weak side.”

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Fizdale did make sure to clarify that he is not disappointed with the Knicks' defensive effort. He is just pointing out the fact that New York has had trouble re-adjusting after other teams have adjusted:

“Because teams were doing less complicated stuff,” he said. “Teams, when you put your baseline stuff in, it’s much more standard. As the year goes, you add the more dynamic actions and things like that. And so as we started to move through the year, we started to see more and more packages of plays and different things that teams are doing. Cute stuff that they do to confuse you. As that’s gone on and new situations that come up, it was like, ‘Oh, man, I just figured this one out. Now I gotta guard these two things that Golden State threw at me that I’ve never seen before.’”

The Knicks currently own a record of 10-32 and have lost 15 of their last 17 games.

They will take on the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.