He is a well-regarded basketball man, but his team gave the appearance in recent weeks of punching time cards and checking out. The other night against the Nuggets, Allonzo Trier trotted onto the court. Trier, if you gave up watching the Knicks long before he arrived last year, will shoot from anywhere in the Garden ZIP code, and he cultivates an aversion to playing defense. The other team takes off down the floor and the Knicks’ defenders jog alongside like amiable company. He dribbles into traffic and fumbles the ball and then hits the repeat button.

Source: New York Times December 07, 2019 00:45 UTC