Is the Eastern Conference better than anyone thought?

Or are the Knicks not as good as we all projected them to be?

While one month into the season is way too early to start waving the panic flag, the Knicks are not dominating the Eastern Conference like many predicted they would. Entering Monday night’s game against the Nets, the Knicks are 9-6. That, incidentally, is the same record they were 15 games into the season last year.

The difference is when the Knicks were 9-6 last year, they were in second place in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Celtics. And now? They entered Monday night in sixth place behind Detroit, Toronto, Cleveland, Miami and Atlanta.

This is far from what most envisioned after the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers lost their best players for the season to

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