"TheThe most revealing thing a New York Knicks executive has said in the past half decade—an admittedly low bar, since Knicks executives seldom speak publicly—came in the summer of 2020, when Steve Stoute, a branding expert hired to buff up the team’s image, explained how the Knicks’ new leadership would, at long last, attract a marquee star.
“The three of us? I think we’re the best sort of team as it relates to being able to speak to a free agent,” Stoute said during an interview with The Breakfast Club, a popular New York radio show. The “three of us” he was referring to were new team president Leon Rose, a former NBA superagent; Rose’s associate William “World Wide Wes” Wesley, a renowned power broker in league circles; and Stoute himself, a prominent record executive. The Knicks, Stoute asserted, had “never had this level … of (front office) talent that can go out and pitch a free agent or convince a player why New York is great.”"
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The team is deep (when healthy) they have two firsts and a high second in this upcoming draft; they have all of their own firsts and Detroit's, Washington's and Milwaukee's over the next few years; and they have arguably a top 10 player in Jalen Brunson.
Their key players are all 27/28 and just entering their prime and maybe most important, the team has bought into Thibs philosophy and they are a team that will fight you tooth and nail from the opening jump to the closing whistle.
The future is bright.
Less talk, more action. Put your money where your mouth is. Or just stop talking, lol.