Maybe you should comb through that 2016 free agent list again...
It's not what you think it is.
Kevin Durant and Mike Conley are unrestricted FA. Would expect the Knicks to pursue them hard, would help their case to put a solid product on the floor this year that'll encourage prospective FA about the direction of this franchise
If they don't sign a star in 2016, thats fine. Sign some quality contributors just as they have this offseason and then go into the next FA period with max cap space. Not everything has to be a race to become a contender, a slow methodical building process with a clear plan for improving every season is respectable. Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Blake Griffin, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, Stephen Curry, Jrue Holiday, Jeff Teague among others headline the '17 FA class