It's gotten so bad for the New York Knicks that even politicians are even taking a swing at them now.

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang had some scathing words for the Knicks on Wednesday, with the entrepreneur blasting his hometown team over a lack of sportsmanship in Summer League as well as their poor roster construction.”

“I think the New York Knicks need to fall back, on so many levels,” Yang said, per Danny Abriano of SNY.TV.

“Oh my gosh, I've been a fan since I was a kid. And so the Summer League Knicks skipped shaking hands with their opponents after they had lost their third straight game. And I said ‘no way.' You guys can't be displaying poor sportsmanship on top of losing the game, on top of the epic mismanagement of the team,” Yang said. “It's like a team now composed of overpaid role players after they missed out on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and everyone else.”

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While he might not be a sports expert, Yang makes some good points. The Summer League incident was not a good look on the Knicks young players, and their actual performance was even worse.

New York's only hope at this point is that several of their young players develop into stars. After taking a big swing and a miss this offseason, any progress this year will have to come in-house.

It might be a while before the Knicks become contenders again, but at least fans will get to see some young players get their chance and hopefully mature on the court.