30 biggest answers for the 2017-18 NBA season

NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 06: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Kristaps Porzingis #6 of the New York Knicks is helped off the court after suffering a season ending injury to his knee during a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Madison Square Garden on February 6, 2018 in New York City. The Bucks defeated the Knicks 103-89. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

3. Can the New York Knicks make headlines on the court?

What I Said Then: I think this is the year the Knicks get it together, he said right before dying of a heart attack. Kristaps Porzingis should grow and mature into the top option without Anthony and Derrick Rose taking all the shots and Enes Kanter is going to average 20-10, but no one will care because “defense.”

The Knicks are going to be fun this season, he said right before getting hit by a bus. Porzingis and Kanter are going to take social media by storm, Frank Ntilikina and Hardaway Jr are going to bomb away from three, and we’ll never hear about triangles in relation to basketball ever again.

What I’m Saying Now: Things were going pretty well in New York. Tim Hardaway Jr. was living up to his contract, Kristaps Porzingis looked unstoppable, Enes Kanter trolled LeBron James into playing defense in November. The Knicks were kind of fun and not a train wreck.

Injuries suck, man.

Hardway Jr. suffered a leg injury in the first game of December and didn’t look quite the same upon returning. Porzingis went down with a torn ACL in February, officially ending the Knicks season. Things got so bad in New York that they traded for Emmanuel Mudiay.

Thankfully, they still had Michael Beasley and signed Trey Burke.

The Knicks were just sad this season. They were fun for a time, even good for a brief period, but mainly, just sad. It wasn’t their fault. Injuries happen and few teams can afford to lose their only All-Star and still survive. I felt bad for the Knicks this year. They did almost everything right in the offseason. They got rid of Phil Jackson, they traded Carmelo Anthony at the right time, and they turned the team over to Porzingis. Sure, Hardaway Jr.’s contract was too much and drafting Ntilikina over Donovan Mitchell was a mistake. But, they tried.

And they’re still the Knicks.