Donte DiVincenzo

"We can play the way we were meant to play,” Knicks forward OG Anunoby said.

New York identifies a good player, signs him and helps transform him into a much more consequential difference-maker than anyone realized.

"From the outside world, there's always (a different view). But in our house ... we have a good dynamic," one Knicks player says.

“I feel if this team gets healthy, we can make noise,” Josh Hart said. "We are where we are and I like this team.”

The Knicks shouldn’t be shaking in their boots, but that doesn't mean they can ignore three weeks of losses.

Curry didn’t anticipate everything that would happen in DiVincenzo‘s first season with the Knicks, including DiVincenzo‘s scoring explosion.

With the loss, the Pistons fall to 8-49 this season. The Knicks improved to 35-23 and are fourth in the Eastern Conference.

For the second straight year, Mike Vorkunov reveals his All-Fun team, featuring 10 players that make the game exciting to watch.

DiVincenzo is averaging 26.5 points and 4.0 assists since OG Anunoby and Julius Randle exited the lineup on Jan. 29.

The loss is the Knicks' third straight and drops them to 33-21, fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Jalen Brunson welcomes the extra attention he will get without Randle in the lineup. "I'm gonna tell the defense to double me," he said.

And when you’re streaking the way Brunson is these days, lofting steep floaters over multiple defenders is nothing.

Defense is the Knicks' new identity. “Let me just play with my hands up,” Mitchell Robinson said. "If you finish over me, congrats to you.”

DiVincenzo has played with big names before. He knows it's his job to conform to the system, not the other way around.

It’s been 22 years since this franchise followed up a season in which it won a playoff series with another in which it made the playoffs.

Any Knicks player can grab a rebound and go, and anyone can streak down the court for an easy basket.

The Knicks are bringing back a nearly identical cast to last season, so what could some lineups look like?

Knicks beat writer Fred Katz gathered the two reporters who have covered DiVincenzo at previous stops to analyze what he brings to New York.