New York Knicks: 3 players likely to struggle in 2019-20
1. Kevin Knox
There is literally no telling as to what Kevin Knox’s sophomore season is going to be like. Many players tens to make a sophomore leap into stardom during their second season while others maintain their level of play.
During his rookie season, Knox proved that he is a very prolific scorer and good at creating his own shot. During December, he had a two-week stretch where he averaged 20.4 points per game while shooting 40.7 percent from three-point range en route to the Rookie of the Month award.
Unfortunately, though, this was only a bright spot in an otherwise poor and inconsistent rookie season. Kevin looked to value quantity over quality, where players like Tim Hardaway Jr. begin to come to mind.
Knox recorded a terrible shooting percentage of 37.0 percent, placing him dead last in the NBA among players that played at least 28 minutes per game.
Nevertheless, Knox is still a very young and charismatic scorer and could make a name for himself, starting October once this new season tips-off.
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Unfortunately for him, he shares the same type of story as Trier. The Knicks are now filled with players at his position, meaning that he could only dream of spending the same amount of time on the court as he did last season.
The recent addition of Marcus Morris, as well as the trio of Barrett-Ellington-Bullock, are all set to battle each other in a Mexican standoff for playing time at Madison Square Garden.
The situation gets even more frustrating for Knox when you throw Julius Randle, Taj Gibson and Bobby Portis into the mix, thus annihilating his chances at even dreaming of playing as a power forward.
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A personal goal of his throughout the following season should be to take his shooting percentages to another level by taking smarter shots and letting the game come to him instead of forcing his will into the paint. If he were to increase those numbers, then Fizdale’s confidence in him would follow as well, but given the inconsistent playing time he’s bound to receive, that isn’t likely to happen.