Game 44: Dallas Mavericks (17-26) @ New York Knicks (25-17) | 4:00pm

[DallasMaverick]

The Knicks just seem to be missing something, and I am not sure what exactly it is or how they fix it.  

My initial thought is they are missing a guard to start next to Jalen.   OG and Mikal were very quiet last night.   I think both are probably not right for being more than you want...eventhough they are paid like it.   I think they are both good sized wings who can do a lot.   They just lack juice.   Kat's play has also decreased this year.   Hart is probably best as a heavy minute energy bench player.   Not sure who that guard is or what they would have to give up, but If they could find without giving up their core that could be something that works.   To me, they are too Jalen centric when they are in their groove.  This is coming from a huge Jalen fan too.   It might be because that is their only option, but with a wide open east I bet they look to be aggressive.  Right now, I don't know where I would rank them in the east currently.  Even with a lot of the teams really not breaking away.

I think they went “all-in” with the Bridges trade, have no financial flexibility, no draft assets, and they’ve just hit their ceiling, which isn’t good enough.

They thought the problem was Thibs, so they changed coaches, but that hasn’t helped either.