Julius Randle trade and 2 other moves Knicks must make to win title
2: Add shooting
The Knicks shot 29.2% in the playoffs this year. Read that again. It reaffirmed New York’s need to add three-point shooters in the offseason.
Evan Fournier still has one full season left on the four-year, $78 million contract that he signed with the Knicks two offseasons ago, but he’s certainly going to be out the door. New York’s shooting woes in the postseason weren’t enough to prompt Tom Thibodeau to put Fournier in, so that should’ve told fans everything that they needed to know.
The front office could look to the 2023 free agency class to help fill their need for shooting with players like Fred VanVleet or Seth Curry. That isn’t to say that the Knicks should sign either one of those players, but that’s just an example of what’s available.
The Knicks can’t afford to have a game in the playoffs where they shoot 10-for-35 (28.6%), which is what the team shot in Game 6 against the Heat. For New York to be able to make it past the Eastern Conference Semifinals next year, adequate three-point shooting is going to need to be a requirement.