The Knicks won’t have a participant in the All-Star Game Sunday in Cleveland.
After having a league-high cap space this past summer, team president Leon Rose laid an egg and the Knicks are paying the price entering the All-Star break buried in 12th place at a season-low nine games under .500 at 25-34.
The epitome of Rose’s sullen summer was his failure to take a swing at free agent swingman DeMar DeRozan, who wound up signing with the Bulls and soars into the All-Star Game making history.
DeRozan is the first player in NBA annals to post seven straight 35-point games on 50 percent shooting or better and has the Bulls leading the Eastern Conference at the break at 38-21.
The Post has previously reported Knicks GM Scott Perry wanted to take a longer look at DeRozan as a free agent but Rose and his top advisor, William Wesley, were sold on Evan Fournier.
The Post has further learned Rose’s decision to ignore DeRozan is an even bigger…