The New York Knicks have shown flashes of being a really good basketball team. At the same time, they have looked like a team that has a long way to go to reach the heights they have set for themselves and the expectations from the outside.

On Sunday evening, the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets will face off in Manhattan. For the game, the Knicks could remain without one of their best players, a

Karl-Anthony Towns returned from one injury and picked up another. With another game looming Monday against the Wizards, Towns gave a positive but vague answer about his availability. “That’s always the plan: To play,