As Steve Mills perched himself atop the black stool that’d been reserved for him, to his left sat the two who’d been nominated to serve as the newest saviors for the Knicks.



The club hadn’t yet played a game of what would end up being the worst season in franchise history, which this is likely to be.



Still, Mills spoke confidently and let everyone in on a little secret. For a change, he said, others believed that the Knicks knew what they were doing.



“We talk in NBA circles all the time, and we feel good that the view of the Knicks is different than it was before,” Mills said when the Knicks hosted their tip-off press conference at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 20.



“Amongst players, there’s a different vibe about how we’re trying to do things. We know it’s moving in the right direction, and our job is to continue that and to make sure it continues to move along in that process.”



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