There was patience. There was expert development. There were smart front-office maneuvers.
didn’t happen by accident. It took time, gradual improvement and shrewd decision-making until a magical spring in which Denver was by far the best team in an otherwise wild postseason.coming off the franchise’s best season in a decade.Now, there is no Nikola Jokic on this roster, the 41st pick in the 2014 draft who
Jalen Brunson’s emergence as the kind of star who can win a playoff series may give Leon Rose and the Knicks front office pause before chasing another star with a roster-depleting trade.from the Jazz. It would’ve taken significant draft picks and developing assets to pull it off. They can’t fall into the same trap they did two years ago after reaching the playoffs in Thibodeau’s first year and expect similar results from a similar roster.Brunson could be developing into a superstar. Quentin Grimes is only getting better. The same could be said for Quickley, RJ Barrett — who enjoyed a strong postseason — and Mitchell Robinson.
This would have been a no-brainer before Brunson. Now, the Knicks are better off using assets elsewhere.Karl-Anthony Towns has been in three first-round playoff series in his eight-year NBA career, and lost all three.The Edison, N.J., native has been linked to the Knicks for quite some time, in part because team president Leon Rose was once his agent.
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