Vegas Insider has the New York Knicks projected at 29.5 wins for the approaching campaign (right around where they were last season). Going off last season, that would put them about fourteen games away from the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. Given LeBron James’ departure, however, there are new wins to be picked up in the Eastern Conference.
It would be a long shot, but not impossible for the Knickerbockers to make the postseason this coming year. Let’s take a look at three things that would need to happen for this to happen.