Biggest Takeaways from New York Knicks' 2016-17 NBA Season

Mercifully, the 2016-17 NBA season is over for the New York Knicks, and it was another bad one.After a preseason filled with hype about how the Knicks would finally get back to the postseason, the 'bockers didn't play a relevant game after the All-Star break and finished with the fourth-worst record in the Eastern Conference, a full 10 games out of the No. 8 seed.They didn't just lose; they're a bad team. Looking at the "four factors" of winning at NBA.com, the Knicks are 25th in effective field-goal percentage (49.6), 28th in free-throw-attempt rate (.239), 15th in turnover percentage (14.0), fifth in offensive rebound percentage (26.6), 14th in opponents' effective-goal percentage (51.1), 16th in opponents' turnover rate (.278), 25th in in opponents turnover percentage (13.0) and last in defensive rebound percentage (25.9).That means there is only one area out of eight in which they are in the top 10, two where they're above average and four where they're bottom five. That's not a team you can tweak here and there to make better; it's a terribly constructed roster in need of an overhaul.If you want an overall takeaway from this year, that's it. There's no great, piercing logic or discernment here. The Knicks are terrible. But how they got to be that way after they looking like they could take steps toward the playoffs last season is worth breaking down in more detail.Begin Slideshow
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