As much as Jalen Brunson gave his team last season the boss, Leon Rose, decided it wasn’t enough to make the Knicks a serious championship contender. It’s why he traded for Karl-Anthony Towns and

The New York Knicks traded six first-round picks, another pick swap, Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo last summer for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. Suffice to say, they did not deal that much for these two guys to combine for zero points in the fourth quarter of a tight playoff loss.

Detroit, rocked city, courtesy of the New York Knicks. The Knicks' newcomers rose to the occasion in the third act of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal seri