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[Hollinger] Why the Knicks, 76ers won’t finish in Eastern Conference’s top 4: NBA predictions

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5. New York Knicks (48-34) Let me cut to the chase and then work backward: I would probably give the Knicks the best odds of any of the East’s 15 teams to make it to the finals. It’s just not clear to me that they’ll have the best record in the 82 games that precede the ones that matter. It’s plausible that any of my top seven teams finish the year with the conference’s top seed — including New York — and unpredictable factors such as injuries and close-game luck may end up tipping the scale....

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[Katz] The Knicks have a Karl-Anthony Towns extension decision, and the clock is ticking

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By rule, players who have multiple years remaining on their contracts can be eligible for extensions. But their new deals have to be finalized during the offseason. Once the regular season begins, those players are no longer extension-eligible until the following summer. For example, Towns became eligible for an extension in summer 2025, but because he had two more guaranteed years remaining on his contract, he and the Knicks had to table talks once opening day came. Now, the Knicks and Towns...

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