The NBA announced the groups for the in-season tournament and the Knicks are in the following group:
Milwaukee, Miami, Washington and Charlotte. So it looks like the Knicks will be able to get to the Knockout stages fairly easily playing Washington and Charlotte.
Here are the rules:
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.
• Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.