NBA Power Rankings: Cavaliers are right where they want to be

27. The NBA’s other “superteam” has been much less impressive than the one out West. None of Carmelo Anthony, Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose have missed any games yet (entire New York Knicks fandom knocks on wood), but even with the three playing together there’s been more bad than good in the Big Apple. For a long time it’s been all bad for the Knicks. It is nice that the team had the common decency to actually sprinkle in some good this go around. <p>The players have called the coaches out over practice habits, the coaches have called players out over lack of scouting report retention. The triangle is still being droned into players’ heads like it’s a Westerworld vacation gone horribly wrong. It’s all a mess, and yet there are still times when this team looks like it could pose a real threat to other top tier talents in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. Madison Square Garden will be treated to more competitive games than it’s seen in recent years.</p> <p>The real question with the Knicks lies in how they treat the development of everyone’s favorite unicorn Kristaps Porzingis. Porzingis is clearly the future of the franchise, but he’s actually seen both his usage and touches per game decline in his second season. Part of that can be attributed to the Knicks having more actual basketball players on their roster this year, but Jeff Hornacek needs to find a way to get all he can out of the Latvian big man if the Knicks are to live up to the expectations of their fan base this year. The Knicks need to decide if they want to go all-out on a potential playoff chase or would rather spend the time tearing down to build the roster back up around the skyscraper that is Kristaps Porzingis.</p>. . . New York Knicks. 20. team