Mitchell Robinson, NY Knicks (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
The NY Knicks‘ first-round loss to the Atlanta Hawks was a reality check.
There aren’t many NBA fans who saw New York as title contenders, so this isn’t quite a “crashing down to earth” reality check.
The reality is, the NY Knicks are a playoff team with a surplus of draft picks and cap space – something you don’t see very often. So while the long-term outlook is bright, what he just saw over these past few weeks: The patchwork, next-man-up lineups the team rolled out against the Hawks proved that this team is not yet ready to make noise in the playoffs.