Of course, Cousins is talking about the Knicks’ trio of Hart, Brunson and Bridges, who won a title together during their college days at Villanova. New York has been nicknamed the ‘Nova Knicks’, but Cousins believes that their experiment is a failure, and he has a solid point.

CLEVELAND — The Knicks arrived and left Cleveland with the same problem: Their defense is atrocious against the NBA’s best. Tom Thibodeau’s group was massacred Friday night by Kenny Atkinson’s high-octane Cavaliers, who made the Knicks look jayvee in a 142-105 laugher.

Former All-Star center Demarcus Cousins is one of those non-believers. He said that despite their talent on the roster, they are nothing more than an “average” team to him. “We’ve been bamboozled,” Cousins said on FanDuel TV’s Run It Back.