2026-27 Knicks preview: 3 bold predictions

The offseason certainly goes much quicker when you're on top of the mountain, and that's exactly where the Knicks are.  But it's already time to turn the page. With the Larry O'Brien Trophy in hand, the target on the Knicks' backs is gargantuan, and a reloaded Eastern Conference is going to take its best shot at the crown each and every night.  It's hard to label a prediction as "bold" when this team has done practically everything imaginable over the last 12 months, but here we'll take our best shot. Knicks do not win the East [caption id="attachment_137852184" align="alignnone" width="3590"] Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images[/caption] The NBA has become increasingly difficult to repeat in, seeing as the game has not had a back-to-back champion since the Golden State Warriors in 2018. Even more so, there has not been a repeat conference champion since 2019, when those same Warriors were beaten by the Toronto Raptors in the Finals.  That year, they lost Kevin Durant