The term was to "rebuild" the team with young stars.
If I'm not mistaken, the process has been started for a long time already but still no progress.
Or maybe currently still tagged as a "plan".
The last playoff appearance was 2013 with stars in their midst.
Melo, JR Smith, Kidd, Chandler, Kenyon Martin, and more. They are filled with stars and audiences are used to this kind of roster.
Why? Yeah, they can afford it with their high salary cap.
If you look at their roster now, it's difficult to say it is really a Knicks team.
This is also why Stephen A. Smith, a pure Knicks fan is so mad when they didn't try to offer or even have a meeting with KD and Kyrie.
The would not win if they will not get a real superstar, Durant could have change this team, regardless of who he will play with because he is really special, not as good as Lebron in terms of overall performance but you can trust him in big games, plus he already earn championships and won finals MVP, there's nothing he can do.
I don't know, maybe Knicks are kinda concern with Durant health as he was serious injured.