Despite what recent trends might indicate, the New York Knicks are objectively one of the league's hottest offensive units here in 2025-26, ranking third in offensive rating while dropping 117.2 points per game. However, their inactivity at the free-throw line has proven rather costly.
Through 67 games played, the Knickerbockers rank a lowly 25 in foul shots per game with just 21.6, the same as the cellar-dwelling Washington Wizards and even fewer than the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention this season, the Indiana Pacers (23.5).
With this lackluster production from the charity stripe, Bleacher Report's Greg Swartz has gone as far as to label their inability to generate foul shots as the club's most "glaring weakness.