New York Knicks NBA 2015 News, Rumors: Coach Derek Fisher Wants Knicks to Win 63 Games Next Season
Of all the teams in the NBA today, the New York Knicks should have been one of the most promising. Aside from winning back Carmelo Anthony, who seriously thought about leaving, they got a new team president and coach who both promised wonders for the team.
Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.
Approaching the end of the season, the Knicks have only won 15 games and lost 60 games, a franchise worst. There are still several games to go and those numbers could still get worse.
However, in spite all of the disappointment and bad vibes floating around New York City, rookie coach Derek Fisher was optimistic enough to have talked about the Knicks' potential next year.
"So we don't have go from 15 to 36 next year. We can go from 15 to 63 if we really want to. But that is up to us," Fisher told ESPN.
While getting a huge turnaround is certainly possible, a 48-game turnaround is still unheard of.
Last year, the Milwaukee Bucks only had 15 wins last season, but improved to 38 wins with still several more games to go.
In 2007, the Boston Celtics had a 42-game turnaround after signing both Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, and letting them play with Paul Pierce in his prime.
But as far as the Knicks are concerned, they are not capable of getting any extremely good role players with for the relatively small salaries they are able to offer.
Carmelo Anthony will be returning healthy, but he would still need to follow Fisher and Phil Jackson's triangle system, which has been a difficult adjustment for the Knicks all season long.
