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Fields spent five years in the NBA, retiring in 2015, and then he went straight into front office work with his first gig coming as an assistant GM to the Spurs’ G League affiliate. He was later hired by Travis Schlenk of the Hawks in an assistant GM role with Atlanta, and he’ll now continue his ascent within the Hawks organization, still working under the man who initially brought him on. For what it’s worth, Woj is also reporting that the Hawks are expected to be “one of the most active teams” in trade talks ahead of the June 23 draft and free agency in July.

Fields has really cooled off over his last two games, totaling 10 points on 5-of-15 shooting, but had scored in double figures in the three games prior. Consider this a slump, but it’s also not a coincidence that Carmelo Anthony is back to form, J.R. Smith is getting heavy minutes off the bench, and Iman Shumpert returned from a knee injury tonight. It’s simply too crowded at the wing positions in New York, and we’d look to drop Fields for a hot free agent now that they’re all healthy.

He did have a monster alley-oop dunk, courtesy of Jeremy Lin from 40 feet with the game in hand, but never got it going tonight. The reality of the situation is that Smith is more likely to hurt the fantasy value of Landry Fields and Iman Shumpert than he is to offer a ton of it on his own account. The three will likely trade off big games, and while Smith has the potential to go crazy on any given night, all of them will be too inconsistent to be relied upon on a weekly basis.

Shumpert, Landry Fields and J.R. Smith are all going to share minutes going forward, meaning all of them are going to take a fantasy hit when healthy.

Tests will surely be forthcoming, and after watching Derrick Rose go down, this is one depressing afternoon of playoff basketball. We’ll update Shumpert’s status once more is known -- keep your fingers crossed.

Shumpert’s terrific rookie season ends on a very disappointing note, and this injury decimates New York’s odds of upsetting the Heat. Shumpert averaged 9.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.7 steals in just 29 minutes per game this season. Hopefully he’ll make a full recovery in time for training camp.

Fields takes the place of Iman Shumpert (torn ACL). It’s a major downgrade for the Knicks defensively as they try to match up with Dwyane Wade and LeBron James on the wings.

Fields has posted some useful lines lately but we’re still concerned about the log-jam and general disarray in New York. Give him a look, but don’t add him expecting a consistent result.

This is one of Fields’ better games in recent memory, but it’s also worth noting that Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith struggled. We’d still rather own Shumpert or Smith over Fields for now. Smith finished with 11 points and nine rebounds on 3-of-11 shooting, and played 29 minutes in the loss, while Shumpert had five points and nothing else for the night.

With B-Diddy on the minutes limit, Iman Shumpert and Landry Fields continue to be better fantasy plays for those needing to start Knicks guards down the stretch.