Over the last three years, the Knicks have devoted copious resources to try to find a point guard. They selected Frank Ntilikina eighth in the 2017 draft. They took a shot on Emmanuel Mudiay. There was a minute when Trey Burke was dropping 20-plus a night. Dennis Smith Jr. was the main piece in return for trading Kristaps Porzingis (along with the cap space). Elfrid Payton signed this past summer.



None of it, to this point, has provided any answers. The Knicks remain in search of a point guard they can spend the next five years with knowing who they have is not a work-in-progress or a reclamation project or a lottery ticket.



Now comes the latest news: that they have shown interest in D’Angelo Russell and discussed trade packages with the Warriors for him, according to a report by The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski. The next few days will determine if this turns out to be another trade deadline dalliance or something that builds into an...