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The New York Knicks are in the midst of achieving a feat they’ve only accomplished twice in their history, winning an NBA championship.
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After a shaky start to the first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks, the Knicks woke up in Game 4 and never looked back, earning a 4-2 victory over Atlanta (they secured a monstrous 51-point victory in the final game of the series).
New York is already off to a 2-0 start vs. the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, and with two more victories in the series and 10 more wins total, the Knicks will win their first title since 1973.
Although it’s looking like New York won’t need to break the bank to acquire Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo this summer, it’s still worth noting that the 10-time All-Star continues to be linked to a blockbuster deal with the Knicks.
“His curiosity about playing in New York for the Knicks (as we’ve reported previously) is indeed a thing,” The Stein Line’s Jake Fischer wrote Thursday. “In the enclosed piece from December, I wrote extensively about how much the idea of helping the Knicks finally raise another banner at Madison Square Garden is believed to have resonated with Antetokounmpo.”
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Hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy would decrease the Knicks’ odds of pursuing a trade for Antetokounmpo in the offseason, and it isn’t a challenging concept to grasp. If the Knicks’ current roster proves they can go the distance, why make a drastic offseason move that may not deliver the desired results?
Of course, a loss in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Finals, or Finals would change everything. Antetokounmpo should be viewed as an emergency trade option for the win-now Knicks, and a championship-less 2025-26 campaign would certainly give New York an incentive to poach the NBA champion forward from Milwaukee as soon as possible.
Essentially, the remainder of the Knicks’ postseason will determine how they approach the summer.
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