Season Predictions
Regular Season: Since the goal for the larger part of this season has been to lose games and shed salary, you have to consider President Phil Jackson’s first season back in New York a sort of success. All of the Knicks’ good players from the beginning of the season are either injured or playing somewhere else due to a trade, and this allows them to lose more games and prepare for next season by increasing cap space. Losing more games also means a higher draft pick, which is really the main motive here, so you can be sure Jackson will “succeed”, because he always does. Next season the Knicks could actually be a very competitive team depending on how free agency works out, but for now, it’s all about the ping-pong balls (losing more games for a higher draft pick).
Projected Record: 15-67, 15th in East
Regular Season: Since the goal for the larger part of this season has been to lose games and shed salary, you have to consider President Phil Jackson’s first season back in New York a sort of success. All of the Knicks’ good players from the beginning of the season are either injured or playing somewhere else due to a trade, and this allows them to lose more games and prepare for next season by increasing cap space. Losing more games also means a higher draft pick, which is really the main motive here, so you can be sure Jackson will “succeed”, because he always does. Next season the Knicks could actually be a very competitive team depending on how free agency works out, but for now, it’s all about the ping-pong balls (losing more games for a higher draft pick).
Projected Record: 15-67, 15th in East