Knicks have a better team this year than last year, according to Rick Pitino
NY Post
Rick Pitino has some high praise for the Knicks this season.
During an appearance on the “Roommates Show” — a podcast hosted by Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart — on Thursday, the St. John’s head coach said the Knicks are “much better” than they were last season.
“I really think that you guys have the potential to do great things this year,” Pitino said while talking to Brunson and co-host Matt Hillman. “This is, in my opinion, a much better team than last year.”
Pitino said his opinion does not have anything to do with the coaching changes this offseason, and added that the Knicks will “have all of the answers” — if Karl Anthony Towns can stay healthy.
“Nothing to do with coaching or anything like that, I think you’re a much better basketball team,” Pitino added. “I think you have all of the answers, if the big guy can stay healthy.”
Pitino, who was on the Knicks’ coaching staff as an assistant from 1983-85 and later as their head coach from 1987-89, also described some of the differences between this season’s team and when he was at the helm, saying that his teams shot a lot of 3-pointers.
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