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The New York Times appears to be done with the Knicks

By Ethan Finkelstein

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The New York Knicks are abysmal. So much so, that according to a recent New York Times recap preview, the newspaper has all but given up on them.

The sports writers at the New York Times are all but fed up with their hometown Knicks. Can you blame them? The team has all but quit on this NBA season with an abysmal 10-41 effort to show for their play. The final score of Saturday night’s game against the Western Conference-leading Golden State Warriors was 106-92. Writers, and fans alike, can probably remember a time when it was not that easy to win by 14 at Madison Square Garden. As recently as two seasons ago, this Knicks squad was a competitive one, with 54 wins in the books and the second seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.

Judging by this recent recap preview posted below, those days are long gone.

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“The Warriors, who are good, beat the Knicks, who are not.”

That is about as definitive a statement can be in just preview form. No mention of score. No special hook. There is nothing but cold hard judgment. It’s an objectively true statement nevertheless, as New York is currently sporting the worst record in the league. In fact, just to break even for the year, they would need to win every single one of their remaining 31 games.

The sad part is that the Knicks are still just 11.5 games out of contention for the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference. But with a franchised plagued by Carmelo Anthony’s lingering injuries, zero bench depth, and complete lack of cohesiveness on either side of the ball, there is zero chance this team turns into a viable playoff contender any time soon.

The team currently stands at 28th in scoring average throughout the league with 92.7 points per game. The defense gives up 100.3 ppg, which translates to a minus 7.6 spread. That ranks third worst in the league, yet surprisingly enough, the two teams behind the Knicks (Minnesota at minus 9.0, and Philadelphia at minus 10.9) actually have better records on the season.

So just how deep does this frustration run? The owner of the historic franchise, James Dolan, even lashed out at a fan recently. There are two silver linings in all of this though. The Knicks are in the driver’s seat to land the most entries into the 2015 NBA Draft Lottery. They are also not nearly as bleak moving forward as their crosstown rival, Brooklyn.

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