There is leaving a team in a lurch, and then there is what Malcolm Brogdon just did to the New York Knicks.

It feels less like a retirement and more like a catfishing expedition. The veteran guard looked the front office in the eye, agreed to the vision of a championship chase, and then decided at the eleventh hour that his body wasn’t up for the grind. He took his ball and went home before the season really started. While you can respect a player listening to his physical limits, the timing was catastrophic. It left the Knicks standing at the altar without a backup ringleader, and the fallout has been immediate and painful.

We are seeing exactly what happens when a roster loses its safety net.

The Tyler Kolek Experiment is Failing

With Brogdon out of the picture, the coaching staff ha

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