Worrying about the New York Knicks’ future is officially overrated.
A panel of ESPN NBA insiders recently ranked teams relative to their three-year outlook, taking into account a variety of different factors. The Knicks finished third, trailing only the first-place Oklahoma City Thunder (duh), and the No. 2 Houston Rockets (duh, again, mostly).
Here is where New York placed in the five categories up for consideration:
- Players: 5th
- Money: 29th
- Draft: 27th
- Market: 2nd
- Management: 9th
The draft-pick and cap-flexibility situations are not pretty. The Knicks’ ability to make moves remains underrated, but they are not teeming with spending power, or tradeable first-round picks.