There’s absolutely no way that you can look at the New York Knicks roster and say with a straight face that this team can make a deep run in the playoffs. With LeBron James still in the Eastern Conference, and the Boston Celtics adding Gordon Hayward, it wouldn’t even make sense for the Knicks to try to put together a roster filled with veterans on big contracts who are looking to win.
Believe it or not, Knicks are actually ahead of schedule with this rebuild. They already have a franchise centerpiece in Kristaps Porzingis that they could build a contending team around in years to come.