THE TAKE
So it took the Knicks 8 years to finally muster a single playoff win and then go home.
Meantime the Brooklyn Nets are taking their greatest-offensive-arsenal-ever-assembled to the next round.
#NBAPlayoffs
BOLDNESS
20/100
GRADE
72/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
None tagged
GRADING CRITERIA
TRUE IF
(1) the Knicks were eliminated in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs with no more than one series win, AND (2) the Brooklyn Nets advanced past the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. Take is
FALSE IF
the Nets also lost in the first round or the Knicks advanced further.
hot takerecency bias
OUTCOME
CONFIRMED TRUEThe Knicks were eliminated in the first round by the Atlanta Hawks (1-4 series loss), exactly as Kellerman mocked. The Nets advanced past the first round by defeating the Celtics 4-1, then pushed the Bucks to a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals before losing in overtime — clearly advancing further than the Knicks. The core prediction (Nets advance further than the Knicks) was correct.