Let me start the answer by saying Phil Jackson, as a GM, has been underwhelming — both in trades and free agency. When you look at the Knicks and how they're constructed, when you look at what they have moving forward as a solid piece of a good team, who can you point to? Kristaps Porzingis. Then after that, Robin Lopez. And that's it. Arron Afflalo is a nice player but he's 30, has struggled to stay healthy and may be gone after this season; Jerian Grant's future in the NBA is certainly in question when you take into account that he's not a young rookie, already 23, and there's been a lot to be desired; Lance Thomas and Langston Galloway were good pickups on 10-day contracts, but there are reasons they weren't drafted; Kyle O'Quinn and Kevin Seraphin are two summer acquisitions who sometimes never get off the bench.