Expectations are always placed on NBA teams, whether after the season ends, at the draft, during the chaotic free agency or just weeks before the year starts. The latter has arrived, with fewer than two months before basketball returns, including the new-look New York Knicks taking the floor for the 2019-20 season.
The Knicks were not expected to play well in 2018-19, but they have a fresh design for the next 82 games. It could make them an interesting team or mean nothing by April 2020.
What kind of expectations do they have this time around? Each one categorizes as a scenario, with the realistic chance to happen during the season.