After decades of mostly suffering, New York Knicks fans could be forgiven for feeling optimistic heading into the 2021-22 NBA season.
The year before, they’d made the playoffs. Sure, they lost in the first round to the Atlanta Hawks. That was ok. Julius Randle was an emerging superstar and RJ Barrett wasn’t far behind. Life was good.
…About that.
The 2021-22 season ended up being a disaster for this club. Julius Randle’s three-point shooting sunk from “outstanding” to “outstandingly poor”. In-fighting seemed to plague them all season long.
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Barrett turned in a solid season but didn’t take the superstar leap the most optimistic Knicks fan would have hoped for.
They need help. Meanwhile, the Hornets appear likely to put Gordon Hayward on the trade block in an effort to shed his contract. Here are two trade ideas that send Hayward to the New York Knicks.