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Top 10 takeaways from the 2016-17 NBA season

The Golden State Warriors and Kevin Durant surprised absolutely no one by winning the 2017 NBA Title.

4. Knicks continue to implode

Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson now appears to be public enemy No. 1 in New York. He’s followed pretty closely in line by Knicks owner James Dolan. Really, the past several seasons have been a completely dumpster fire for this front office tandem. And it culminated in yet another disastrous 2016-17 campaign in which off-court drama superseded a 31-51 record.

From Jackson’s public rift with star forward Carmelo Anthony to the way the organization has treated former star Charles Oakley, nothing went right for the Knicks this past season. Now that Anthony will likely be traded for pennies on the dollar, most figure New York will build around young big man Kristaps Porzingis.

That’s until we realize the 2015 top-five pick is unhappy with the circus surrounding the Knicks. Is there now a chance Porzingis himself might be moved?

To add a nice little icing on this crap cake, New York picked up the eighth pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. Most had hoped that said selection would fall in the top five in the lottery. That did not happen.

Despite all this, New York has committed to Jackson for the long haul. Whether that’s a good thing remains to be seen. But with a lack of young talent and some horrible contracts (see: Joakim Noah), there’s really no reason to believe this team will be contending any time soon.

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