When Zach Lowe of The Ringer says something about your NBA team, you have no choice other than to listen. He isn’t one of those analysts that tosses around off-handed, inflammatory takes willy-nilly. So when he declares that the New York Knicks have officially entered championship-or-bust territory, you know it’s true.
“This is the most pressure a Knicks team has faced, I’m gonna say, since [Patrick] Ewing’s prime,” he explained on a recent episode of The Zach Lowe Show, at around the 8:16 mark. “This is the first year in forever where the Knicks legitimately face pressure of like, ‘If you don’t make the Finals, it’s a disappointing season.