In some cases, at the beginning of the season after an NBA team wins a championship, they may become overconfident and comfortable. Particularly for the New York Knicks, it had been 53 years since they last entered the promised land. However, the Knicks need to start the 2026-27 season the same way they won the NBA Finals: with their foot on the gas, trying to win every game aggressively. Well, the current state of the Eastern Conference is likely the strongest it has ever been. The New York Knicks won’t have it easy despite their recent successAlthough the New York Knicks have most of their championship core still together, on paper, coming out of the Eastern Conference will be ten times harder than it was last season.