I think I figured out what Fiz is doing. Im sure its obvious to most of us. Bottom line is Knicks are developing guys by letting them loose with little "System". The ball don't move much. Its what it is. Guys shoot well we compete and we might just win. Its like March Madness. They are hard shots we take. Frank does not get easy looks or is he running much Pick n'rolls like he did last year.
My hope is Frank would look better with talent around him so his defense and passing is more apparent. There is little ball movement or guys moving without the ball so a fundamental guy like Frank gets lost.
So when Fiz says he is letting these guys be themselves that's fine for now. Later when they are confident in their style at this level they will have to then blend it into a system/team concept. Its why Frank looked better last year. He only looks good when he is hitting shots. Our College Zone defense takes away individual defense which frank excels at.
Does that make Knox or trier less effective? Might be but what are they doing now? Acclimating their current games to the NBA speed and power. If this is our system it won't do much for frank and thus he'll struggle. If im taking Mills and Fiz at their word when they say "Frank is important to us in the future". One day when KP is back, we draft more talent, the other guys find who they are and then:
We put it together.
Its why Vonleh is doing well, Mudiay is doing well, trier is doing well. Burke is either super hot or he is awful. Burke will tear it up on some nights and we'll be happy. If mudiay's low passing IQ and defense is not up to par he will look bad again when we put it together. This is why I don't think we just dump frank now. he will be a hell of a player on a team that needs what he does. Fiz is trying to get him to just shoot and get him ready for when we are a more complete team. I can't predict how he responds. Gleague won't do much for him because he needs to do it at this level.
Its the process for now. Or that's what I see.