Key Highlights
- The team improved to 23-9 at one point. That seems like a lifetime ago. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNew York has gone 2-9 since that high-water mark, having lost four straight and getting booed by its own fans on Monday when shorthanded Dallas blew them out at home.
- The Knicks have looked like a team searching for an identity. That led newly-minted All-Star starter and team captain Jalen Brunson to call a team-only meeting, reports Ramona Shelburn at ESPN.
- Brunson's message was "that the Knicks needed to find answers for their poor play in January among themselves, rather than look to the coaching staff for solutions."Which ties into the bigger concern — this team has yet to fully buy into what new coach Mike Brown is selling, reports the well-connected Ian Begley at SNY. TV. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPlayers haven't fully bought into their roles under head coach Mike Brown.
- Those reasons are cited often when you talk to people about the Knicks' flaws.
- Now, these issues aren't unique to this year's team.
