They've lost 14 in a row and are getting legitimately doubled up in an NBA game. The New York Knicks are your tanking champs.
This is not a typo:
Nor is it the most embarrassing scoreline from the Knicks' matinee against the Hornets. They were also losing 81-36, but I didn't get a good screencap of it. They were losing 64-31 at halftime... and then allowed a 15-3 run.
The Knicks' last win was Dec. 12, almost a full month ago. Their last win before that was Nov. 22. When today's game ends, they will have lost 15 in a row, and 25 of 26.
With Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire injured, this is their starting lineup:
One guy who's started for several NBA teams in Calderon, a guy who had started for some bad-mediocre New Orleans teams in Smith, a decent second-year player in Hardaway, a guy who played sparingly for last year's Knicks in Aldrich, and a second-round draft pick in Early. That is not an NBA starting lineup. It more closely resembles the 6th-10th men for a team that won't make the playoffs.
For a long time, we made fun of the Philadelphia 76ers for their excessive tanking. After all,they lost their first 17 games, some by embarrassing margins.
But at least the 76ers are a very bad team developing young talented players like Michael Carter-Williams and Nerlens Noel on the fly. The Knicks have the fifth-highest payroll in the league, and yet they've flipped the switch on full tank mode. Fascinating.
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