2. New York Knicks
It seems like there’s a consistent competition between the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks for who the most dysfunctional front office in the East can be. It’s ironic that the Bulls and the Knicks are set to meet at the United Center on Nov. 12. Maybe that can be the game that shifts the fortunes for one of these two franchises this season.
Part of the slack for the Knicks front office will fall to the fact that the ownership constantly tanks this franchise. Owner James Dolan can’t seem to get his head in the right place, even when the Knicks are looking to soon find prominence. But it’s always a storyline that the Knicks are looking for the next big thing that won’t ever happen.
Last summer, it was the ordeal with the superstar pairing of point guard Kyrie Irving and forward Kevin Durant that the Knicks missed out on to their crosstown rival Brooklyn Nets. The difference in “culture” seemingly drew KD and Kyrie to the Nets over the Knicks. That makes a lot of sense given all the drama with Steve Mills and Scott Perry.
All that drama looks to be just beginning this season with the Knicks. Dolan and Mills apparently want current head coach David Fizdale out soon. And they will be making another run at the Toronto Raptors genius Masai Ujiri. That would be a pipedream as the Knicks chase everything they can with their shiny object syndrome.