The New York Knicks’ season thus far has delivered both the higher ceiling and lower floor that many expected would accompany Mike Brown’s first season as head coach. The experimentation that many projected the coach would conduct on the team’s personnel throughout the year has panned out as expected, even if faith was dwindling at various inflection points.
The team’s players themselves have described their season thus far as a “rollercoaster,” from their NBA Cup victory to the slumps that brought on existential concerns regarding their roster construction and will to win. NBA analysts seem just as split, with Marc Stein recently picking the Celtics to win the Eastern Conference over the Knicks – and Bill Simmons admitting that he doesn't want Boston to run into New York in the postseason.