After Sunday's loss to the NBA-worst Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks are 26-41 and all but eliminated from playoff contention. In the meantime, team president Phil Jackson is conducting triangle-offense seminars for a team that doesn't really want to learn the system, while simultaneously annoying LeBron James and seemingly trying to run franchise player Carmelo Anthony out of town.
It's been a Manhattan Zoo kind of season for the Knicks, something sophomore phenom Kristaps Porzingis tried to summarize Sunday as being an important learning experience:
Porzingis aptly sums up the Knicks: "There’s a quote like, a smooth sea never, you know what I mean about the sea? Google it."
— Steve Popper (@StevePopper) March 13, 2017
We believe Porzingis was trying to say: "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor," attributed to the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Or perhaps he was merely copying an estranged franchise favorite by modifying a famous saying the way Charles Oakley used to ("if it ain't broke, don't break it").
That's unlikely, however, and given the season the Knicks have experienced, a little slack should be cut. But fool us once, don't get fooled again.
