The New York Knicks reignited their fanbase after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals after a quarter-century. While they fell short against the Indiana Pacers, the buzz they\u2019ve generated puts the city back on the basketball map.<\/p>\n
The Knicks haven\u2019t been to the NBA Finals since the 1998-99 season, and the team feels that they are in a good position to break that drought. Hence, they\u2019ve made some roster changes that they feel can get them over the hump.<\/p>\n
However, while the Knicks made some offseason additions, Bleacher Report\u2019s Andy Bailey predicts that New York won\u2019t show much progress during the regular season.<\/p>\n
New York Knicks among the Eastern Conference\u2019s best teams<\/p>\n
Bailey projected the Knicks to finish with a 51-31 record, the same mark they had last season. \u201cWell, think back to the caveat in the intro. There are only so many wins to go around, and being higher than consensus on one team might mean shaving a win or two off other teams,\u201d he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n While the Knicks\u2019 starting lineup remains intact, their playing time might drastically change. From Tom Thibodeau, a coach who is notorious for extensively playing his starters, the Knicks turn to two-time NBA Coach of the Year Mike Brown. Likewise, the additions of Jordan Clarkson and Guerschon Yabusele boost the Knicks’ bench.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> has the Knicks\u2019 over\/under at 53.5 wins. New York will open the season on October 22 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Bookies.com\u2019s Bill Speros also wrote<\/a> that the Bucks will be among the least-travelled teams this season, ranking 21st with 39,815.2 miles across 28 time zones and 18 road trips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks reignited their fanbase after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals after a quarter-century. While they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-85537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}