New York Knicks: Bringing back Scott Perry likely only delays the inevitable

The New York Knicks’ decision to extend Scott Perry’s contract one more year likely only delays the inevitable.

The New York Knicks have elected to bring back Scott Perry for one more season, according to a report from Newsday. Perry will continue his role as general manager for at least one more season.

There are potential positives that come with such a move. For one, it allows for at least some continuity in the front office as the team hired Leon Rose to be the new team president and Brock Aller as the team’s new VP of strategy. Keeping Perry, even for just one season, will make the transition for Rose a bit smoother. Even more so considering we don’t have any idea what the offseason is going to look like this summer.

Another is he’s been pretty solid in terms of the draft process recently. During the summer of 2017, the Knicks hired Perry to be the team’s general manager. While there are many varying opinions on Perry, he’s at least done a solid job in scouting and at the draft.

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In the last two drafts, in which Perry has been part of, the Knicks have taken Kevin Knox, Mitchell Robinson, and RJ Barrett. The early returns is that two of those three, at least, are foundational pieces for the team moving forward.

If Perry has indeed been scouting, there’s an easy case to be made that he should remain at least for one more season. The team likely won’t be able to have a normal hiring process this offseason, even if they wanted to replace Perry right now. If the Knicks don’t know who they want to replace Perry, it’s almost impossible to spread a wide net search due to the pandemic.

That’s easy to understand.

On the other hand, there are ways in which this move could be seen as much more of a band-aid that will only prolong the team’s true rebuilding process. Extending Perry to a one-year deal will make it extremely difficult for him to function as a general manager.

It’d be hard for any general manager to “build for the future” without job security. It might be even harder for Perry considering many believe his fate beyond one more year is already decided. It’s in the best interest of him to make moves that will help the Knicks improve right now, instead of making a move that might not return dividends until a few years down the road.

That conflict of interest is what could make this entire experiment difficult and, quite frankly, could leave Perry in a near-impossible situation.

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The more I think about this, the more I feel like this is another misstep for the Knicks. In their defense, it’s probably one that they couldn’t avoid. It does seem like they are only delaying the inevitable, though.

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