NBA: Five Teams That Are Falling Short Of Expectations
New York Knicks
Goal: Become a “Super Team”
“They’re saying us and Golden State are the super teams” – Derrick Rose
That’s what Derrick Rose had to say before the season started. But now, as they sit just 6-7 in the Eastern Conference standings, that doesn’t look to be the case anymore, as the team continues to be plagued by inconsistencies on both ends of the floor.
The Knicks can look great one night, and let up the next. Nothing was more evident of that than the Knicks matchup with the Washington Wizards. After coming off two wins in a row over the Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons, New York came away on the losing end of a tough loss to the 3-8 Washington Wizards.
How does that even happen? Washington lost to the Philadelphia 76ers the night before playing them. Yet, somehow they came away victorious against an even better team in the New York Knicks. That just shouldn’t happen. But it did.
Now the Knicks came back, beating a strong Atlanta Hawks roster 104-94 the next game. But the team just continues to struggle with consistency issues. Now some of that has to do with the Knicks being a new group, but some of it also just comes down to not having a consistent effort on the defensive end of the floor.
New York tends to pick and choose when to play defense, and that’s just not going to get the team many wins. Offensively they have enough talent, now it just comes down to focusing in on the less glamorous end of the floor every night.