The Case for the Over

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The Knicks had the point differential of a 53-win team last year, and added some real talent in Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. They have one of the most talented starting lineups in the league. 

Surrounding a stretch big with switchable wings is how Boston had success last year, and they could follow a similar formula. Towns could bomb enough threes to make up for the loss of shooting that Donte DiVincenzo provided. 

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The Case for the Under

 

This team is not deep at all, especially considering Mitchell Robinson will start the season injured. I like Miles McBride, Precious Achiuwa, and Jericho Sims as your 8th-10th guys, but not nearly as much when they are your 6th-8th guys, especially considering two of them are best served to play center.     

Any regression to the mean for Jalen Brunson? Can he have the same level of impact as he did last year, when he was on the ballot for MVP? They don’t have any young players that you would expect to take a significant leap. 

They don’t really have any rim protection with Robinson out. Losing Isaiah Hartenstein and Robinson missing for an extended period of time could hurt their rebounding significantly. 

Will Thibs run everyone into the ground, playing their starters heavy minutes all season? Will they have another choice considering their lack of depth?

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Conclusion

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I think the ceiling of this team is really high if everything comes together. I actually liked the Towns trade for them quite a bit. However, I just worry that their depth will hurt them in the regular season, as they could be giving a lot of minutes to players that should be on the fringes of an NBA rotation.