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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00:00 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.