Every up-and-coming team can say that it has the potential to be even better.

Derek Fisher is certainly saying that about the Knicks after their recent encouraging improvement . . . and about Carmelo Anthony and Robin Lopez in particular.

But it means something entirely different when it's said about the Knicks than when it's said about any other NBA team . . . because of the Triangle System.

"Getting better" for most players/teams basically means executing a certain definite number of set plays more efficiently.

And while executing certain plays more efficiently is obviously also important for Triangle teams . . . it's not the only kind (or most important kind) of "getting better" that Triangle teams are capable of.

Triangle players/teams are also capable of executing ever increasing and indefinite complexity of plays . . . by virtue of the Triangle System being a "read" offense and not a "set" offense.

Anthony, Lopez, and Porzingis . . . are all starting to realize that the Triangle System opens up potential for them above and beyond their own individual capabilities, even when they are at the top of their individual games.

That's gotta feel really amazing to them (!)

If players buy into it, Triangle Culture is an awesome way of living life in the NBA . . .

Yeah, the fun part about seeing them play this past month has been seeing them poke the edges of what they can do in the Triangle and start to realize there's even more.

There a ways away from running it tightly, but you can see them improving. It does feel like if they get a few more good pieces who are good fits for the Triangle they will really be able to take it up to a very high level.

It's also a reason that having the D League team being developed in the same culture is a very important development. There were some who feared the system because there wasn't a college feeder system but the Knicks have their own development program and players are learning how to think the game in the same manner as the big team players. You can see IQ's being raised and a selfless spirit developed.