As it stands at the all-star break the Knicks are 19-18 just one game over .500. They are also five and a half games out of first place while also being a game and a half from ninth and missing the playoffs. The Knicks are good and only New York cares but should everyone else at least make an effort to care? The answer is yes, we need to look at them as a threat in the playoffs, not to win it all but just as a team that could very well knock your team out. Unless they make a splash at the trade deadline on March 25th you can write them out before the conference finals round.
They have made strides over the year with Julius Randle making an all-star game and adding Derrick Rose to bolster the bench, but they need one more piece to make a run. first of all Mitchell needs to get healthy. Oladipo is a good fit but he might cost to much on the trade market when you can get him in free agency this summer. Beal seems to be off the market again and everyone else is a big man. The Knicks need to make a move to get an all-star so that their threat can be real.
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