It’s Only Been Six Games
The New York Knicks have lost four games, with two being blowouts and the other two coming in a rather heartbreaking manner. New York has collapsed in the fourth quarter and played horrendous defense for the better part of all six games.
Though that’s all fair to point out and true in nature, there’s a critical piece of information that must be acknowledged: it’s only been six games.
New York is two games below .500 with 76 games remaining on the 2016-17 NBA regular season schedule. In other words, the Knicks have played just 7.3 percent of their regular season games and have 92.7 percent of the schedule ahead of them.
Even after the Knicks host the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, November 9, there will be 75 games remaining on the schedule.
Having established this, it’s unnecessary to panic after just six regular season games played by a team that had never previously taken the court together. There are issues that must be sorted out, but that’s what this portion of the season is meant for.
The Knicks must display a sense of urgency, but it’s far too soon to give up on what remains a promising team.
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Apply pressure to your favorite team, but keep calm and understand that there’s a long season ahead of the 2016-17 New York Knicks.