ESPN says the Knicks will win 39 games. They’re wrong.

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty ImagesEarlier this week, ESPN released its annual NBA predictions, where they have the Knicks winning just 39 games. Now, the Knicks are far from an elite team or one you would label a serious contender. But let’s remember, they won 37 games last season in a year where so many things went wrong. The Kemba Walker project did not go well, Julius Randle had a very disappointing season in which his efficiency took a significant drop; both RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley started off the year incredibly slow; Derrick Rose missed most of the season; and Tom Thibodeau managed to find a different reason every night to run Alec Burks out there at point guard.

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