Few are expecting the New York Knicks to make noise during the 2017-18 NBA regular season. Having lost franchise player Carmelo Anthony in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Knicks are expected to take a step back from an already disappointing place.
With the 2017-18 season now underway, however, there’s reason to believe the Knicks will exceed expectations and make a run at the postseason.
New York is coming off of a season during which it went 31-51 and selected at No. 8 in the 2017 NBA Draft. Conventional wisdom states that a team will regress after losing its franchise player, thus implying that the Knicks will regress.