Coach Larry Brown had no idea what lineups to use. Instead of having anything set, he sent players in and out every few minutes in a rotation that resembled a revolving door.
"There are things, unfortunately, that through the course of the game you have to explain, and hopefully it helps you the next time you play," said Brown, who simultaneously sounds impatient and preaches patience to the public.
"I look at our young kids and they're improving a lot, and there's still a lot of time left," he said, later adding, "I don't think you can focus on the record."
"Eddy's not ready to play, Jerome James is not ready to play," Brown said Sunday. "Our best center by far is Jackie, and he's younger than all of them."
Brown said Barnes simply did not fit into the Knicks' plans an odd explanation because he has lamented his other options at small forward
I'm not worried about that right now," Brown said when asked about the team's struggles. "This is a marathon."