The New York Knicks have to count this as a successful season. For all of the pain of losing to Jimmy Butler, Erik Spoelstra, and the Miami Heat in the second round, they clobbered the 51-win Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round. Jalen Brunson is an All-Star level point guard, the young core is continuing to grow, and even Julius Randle has reinvented himself as a stretch-4 playing at a high level.
The focus of the team now turns to the offseason, where the Knicks have some decisions to make. Do they commit to this specific team, re-signing Josh Hart and otherwise only making moves on the margins, trusting their young players to improve?