Everyone universally agrees this season is the New York Knicks’ best chance yet to crack the Finals with their current core. As NBA analyst Tim Legler astutely alludes to, though, it may also be the last opportunity this Knicks nucleus has to prove they can.
“If they don’t do it this year, when the hell are they going to do [get to the Finals]?” the ESPN color commentator said during a recent appearance on The Zach Lowe Show, at around the 20:30 mark. “When you look at the path, it’s like looking at the path through the forest, and a lot of these trees have been cleared out of your way.