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The New York Knicks Are NBA Contenders
Sports Illustrated
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1/31/2024
The New York Knicks are on a roll, but does their regular season success mean they could be contenders come the NBA playoffs?
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The New York Knicks are in the midst of a great season,
00:02
but how high can they take it?
00:04
You know, I hesitate to call them
00:06
championship contenders, I suppose,
00:08
but then it is a different day and age in the NBA.
00:11
I mean, the Heat were in the finals last year,
00:13
who the Knicks went six games with.
00:15
You can't say you're not championship contenders
00:17
if you're in the finals.
00:18
And I think that the days of the dynastic
00:21
star-stacked teams are done.
00:22
So if Julius Randle's healthy, if Anobi's healthy,
00:26
and obviously Randle's a big question,
00:27
if Brunson's out there, he's been a dog all season,
00:30
and maybe they make one more move
00:31
to punch up the bench at the deadline,
00:34
I wouldn't be surprised to see them
00:35
in the Eastern Conference Finals,
00:36
which to me makes you a contender.
00:38
- That's fair.
00:40
I mean, that to me is probably their ceiling.
00:42
I don't think they will come out the East.
00:44
I don't think they could beat Boston in a series.
00:46
I don't think they could beat Philly in a series,
00:48
assuming Nbidis Azez wants to play.
00:50
But I love seeing what they're doing.
00:54
Like, they're great defensively.
00:56
They have a top 10 offense.
00:57
Brunson's had a phenomenal season.
00:59
What OG's done to boost their defense.
01:02
Getting Randle back will be key.
01:04
Obviously it's good news to see his injury
01:06
is more of a week-to-week thing
01:08
as opposed to taking a couple months.
01:09
So they're right in the mix of it, in the midst of it.
01:13
And at the end of the day, all you want to be is there
01:15
to say, all right, at the end of the day,
01:18
we got to play and you got to beat us.
01:20
And they're not going to be easy out.
01:22
I don't think they're better than Boston,
01:24
which to me would be the favorite coming out the East.
01:26
But in a series, you never know.
01:29
And Brunson did prove last year
01:31
that what he did in the regular season
01:32
does translate into the playoffs.
01:34
He can get to his spots and he can get buckets,
01:36
even when things tighten up.
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