The New York Knicks haven’t hung a championship banner inside Madison Square Garden since 1973. Leon Rose’s job was to change that, and lately he’s been acting like he’s running out of time.
The Knicks’ lead executive has made nothing but big swings, forcing open a championship window by mortgaging every future draft pick he could find to build a team of highly-paid, in-their-prime stars with five-out spacing, lockdown wing defense, and a true lead engine taking every big shot. The urgency of the Knicks’ mission pulses through every moment of this season, when the East has opened up thanks to a pair of untimely Achilles tears and more lucky
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