New York Knicks: 50-1

Whatever debate there was about Phil Jackson’s capacity to institute a culture change is over. He did it could have foreseen.
J.R. Smith has seen the light.
“Trying to think about the rest of the group over myself or my scoring is something that I never really had to do before,” Smith told ESPNNewYork.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk. “I have always been in a situation to dent, [now I’m] in position to take my time and let the game come and let my teammates succeed more than myself, I think that is the ultimate triumph.”
As the year progresses transformations in the preseason have a way of reversing themselves, but for now, it appears Jackson has performed magic.
Getting Smith to buy into the equal-opportunity tenets of this triangle offense is huge, and everything after that–figuring out how to coax defense from a frontcourt rotation involving Andrea Bargnani and Amar’e Stoudemire, compelling James Dolan to maintain kazoos from the locker room–should be cake.
The Knicks are far removed from a year in 2012-13. Jackson’s influence ought to help them get closer to that total compared to 37 wins they amassed last season.
However, don’t expect a championship chase–Carmelo Anthony gets some assistance and not before the undesirable contracts on the books slough off in 2015.

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