This is a free play on SAC.

When I heard Josh Hart's comments following the Knicks loss to the Thunder, my jaw hit the floor. I am sure I was not alone in thinking that it was like a bomb going off. "I'm looking at it like this is the team we're going to have," Hart said "I think that's how we have to approach it, that those guys aren't coming back and obviously we'll be pleasantly surprised if they come back." He suggested that OG Anunoby and Julius Randle might not be back this season. If that's true, here is why that is a problem. The Knicks are 15-2 with Anunoby in the lineup, which means they are just 29-29 without him. Add in Julius Randle and I think it's reasonable to say that they are a sub .500 team without those two guys. The Knicks have a losing record versus the Western Conference, and they host the Sacramento Kings who are currently flirting with a play-in spot. The Kings are just a half game out of the 6th spot in the West. A huge game game for both teams, and the shorthanded Knicks are laying points.

GL,

Jesse Schule