NEW YORK — In those better times for the Knicks last season, which today seem further away than ever, coach Tom Thibodeau would often refer to Julius Randle as the team’s “engine.”
It was easy to interpret: a car doesn’t work without the engine, and a car only travels as fast as the quality of said engine.
But now, with the Knicks plummeting to 11th in the Eastern Conference, we’re suddenly supposed to downplay Randle’s impact, as if a sputtering engine is equal to a broken taillight.
