{"id":420226,"date":"2022-03-23T08:31:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T05:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/knicks-still-face-profound-rebuild-and-a-not-quick-fix\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T08:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T05:31:48","slug":"knicks-still-face-profound-rebuild-and-a-not-quick-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-still-face-profound-rebuild-and-a-not-quick-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"#Knicks still face &#8216;profound rebuild&#8217; and a not quick fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278207531c4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278207531c4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-still-face-profound-rebuild-and-a-not-quick-fix\/#%E2%80%9CKnicks_still_face_%E2%80%98profound_rebuild_and_a_not_quick_fix%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Knicks still face &#8216;profound rebuild&#8217; and a not quick fix&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKnicks_still_face_%E2%80%98profound_rebuild_and_a_not_quick_fix%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Knicks still face &#8216;profound rebuild&#8217; and a not quick fix&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mike Vaccaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Well, this much we can say with a fair amount of confidence:<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t all No. 30\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n<p>The wreckage of this 2021-22 Knicks season can\u2019t be draped exclusively around Julius Randle\u2019s shoulders, and it can\u2019t be dumped entirely at his feet. Logically, you would think most Knicks fans understood, and understand, that. But when you\u2019ve clinched a losing season 10 days before April Fool\u2019s Day, logic doesn\u2019t play much into the equation.<\/p>\n<p>When a 10-point fourth-quarter lead dissolves under the reality \u2014 make it the inevitability \u2014 of a 22-6 run, and when the Hawks nudge themselves to .500 with a 117-111 victory, reason isn\u2019t the first emotion of choice.<\/p>\n<p>Randle didn\u2019t play Tuesday night. There were large swatches of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> where it didn\u2019t seem the Knicks missed him. But there were larger patches, and the essential ones, where the Knicks looked exactly as they have all year with him or without him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re short-handed,\u201d Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. \u201cIt\u2019s not only Julius. We\u2019re missing Derrick [Rose], Nerlens [Noel]. And it gives other guys an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s best for Randle that things went as they did, or else the factions of Knicks fans on talk radio and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> would have been cranked to 11 on Wednesday. And, really, all it would have done was obscure the harsh reality the Knicks must already have come to terms with \u2014 players, coaches, brass.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks27JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Knicks\" class=\"wp-image-21623313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks27JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks27JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks27JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Knicks lost to the Hawks on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jason Szenes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They desperately need to be fixed. But won\u2019t be a simple fix. The Knicks fell six out of the final play-in game. There are 10 games left in the season.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe position we\u2019re in, they\u2019re all must-have games,\u201d Thibodeau said. \u201cBut you\u2019re not eliminated until you\u2019re eliminated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let the arithmetic argue differently. It has been time for weeks to view the Knicks through the prism of next year and the years to come, not in the present tense. The Knicks need to do more than rid themselves of one star player, if that\u2019s even on Leon Rose\u2019s to-do list. There is a dearth of skill on this roster. There are some gems. There is an imminent franchise foundation piece in RJ Barrett (30 points, 13 rebounds).<\/p>\n<p>But there is still so much broken about this team. The Garden was sold out Tuesday night but it hardly felt that way; after dropping 45 on the Knicks Trae Young, the modern Reggie Miller, said nonchalantly, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t that loud in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks14JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=808\" alt=\"Knicks\" class=\"wp-image-21623356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks14JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=808 808w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks14JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=404 404w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks14JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\"\/><figcaption>Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jason Szenes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t. And think about it:<\/p>\n<p>A mere 303 days before, this had been the hottest ticket in town and these were the two teams on everyone\u2019s tongues. It was a Sunday, just like the old days, and it felt like the old days at Madison Square Garden, whether your definition of \u201cold days\u201d is the \u201990s or the \u201970s (or both).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can feel the electricity,\u201d Thibodeau said that afternoon. \u201cThis is what it\u2019s supposed to feel like in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It started to go all wrong for the Knicks that Sunday night at the Garden, Young introducing himself as Reggie 2.0 and the Hawks stealing Game 1, a prelude to a five-game gentleman\u2019s sweep. With the blessing of hindsight it is easy now to look at that Hawks <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> and see exactly what was coming for the Knicks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks20JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Knicks\" class=\"wp-image-21623325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks20JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks20JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222Knicks20JS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Knicks sit on the bench during their loss to the Hawks on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jason Szenes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After playing splendid defense all year, the Hawks got whatever they wanted against the Knicks (in May, and again Tuesday night). Young was everywhere, and he was fearless, even as the Garden tried to get in his head (in May, and again Tuesday night). And perhaps most puzzling of all, Thibodeau seemed unable to figure out the buttons to push to make things roll the other way. In May. On Tuesday night. And, really, across so much of this rolling-blackout dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointment of a season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a sense of urgency all year,\u201d Barrett said. \u201cWe just fight. Some of these games have slipped away but there\u2019s nothing else to do except get better every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And be better next year. Rose has to see this still falls under the category of \u201cprofound rebuild.\u201d Simply making Julius Randle disappear might\u2019ve allowed Knicks fans to max out on endorphins by making one man pay for this misery. Couldn\u2019t do that Tuesday night. Can\u2019t do that this summer if Rose wants to fix this mess.<\/p>\n<p>And, man. Does it need fixing.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The wreckage of this 2021-22 Knicks season can\u2019t be draped exclusively around Julius Randle\u2019s shoulders, and it can\u2019t be dumped entirely at his feet. 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