GREENBURGH, N.Y. _ Back in the summer when the talk of the rebuild was in full swing, David Fizdale certainly knew there would be hard times in his first season. The seven straight losses that the Knicks carry into Friday's game in Brooklyn, sure, he could see that coming. Maybe even the 10-36 record even if he didn't want to think about it.
But what Fizdale now is dealing with in trying to navigate the team through a season in which the organization shudders at the mention or notion that they are tanking is the dysfunction that comes with the mounting losses and realistic decisions to move on from the last generation of players.
So Enes Kanter is now openly speaking about his frustration with his reduced role _ a role that evaporated to zero Wednesday night when Kanter was told in the morning that he was starting against the Rockets, then informed pregame by assistant coach Keith Smart that he was coming off the bench, and then never came off the bench at all. Tim Hardaway Jr. and rookie Allonzo Trier are screaming at each other on the court _ and then maybe more disconcerting, Trier sniping on social media.
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