Derek Fisher senses that pending free agents on the New York Knicks are thinking about their futures, which has compromised the team's cohesiveness.

“That’s a reality of this game,” Fisher said on Sunday. “You have a number of guys that are thinking about how they’re going to provide for their families and where their career is going and whether they’re going to be here or on another team and all the ramifications of those decisions.

“So that’s not easy stuff to process. And then on top of that they’re being asked to sacrifice more and do less in order to win so it’s not a great combination for cohesion and team chemistry but I do think there are enough guys in the locker room that want to do it the right way and so that’s why we’ve had a chance a lot of nights to win. But I don’t think anybody’s giving up on what we’re trying to do at this point.”

Amar’e Stoudemire, Andrea Bargnani, Iman Shumpert, Shane Larkin, Jason Smith, Quincy Acy, Cole Aldrich and Travis Wear are all in the last year of their respective contracts. J.R. Smith can opt out of his contract in July.