The article focuses on the upcoming season for the New York Knicks, particularly the performance of their two key additions, Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. High expectations surround the duo, who are expected to significantly improve the team's standing in the NBA.
The Knicks' opening series against the Detroit Pistons serves as the first major test for Towns and Bridges. Their success or failure in this series will largely influence how their first season with the Knicks is perceived.
The article notes that both players have had a mixture of success and challenges in the past. This upcoming season is seen as an opportunity to define their legacies as Knicks players.
The series against the Pistons is considered the beginning of the narrative for both Towns and Bridges as Knicks, setting the stage for how the season, and potentially their time with the franchise, will be judged.
The eyes of Madison Square Garden will be fastened on the two newcomers starting Saturday night, just past 6 o’clock. The passions of basketball New York will all be directed at them, the two imports who were supposed to narrow the gap between the Knicks and the teams at the top of the NBA’s firmament.
There were some wonderfully high highs thanks to them, thanks to Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. Both had their share of growing pains, too; neither has had a season without incident. Together they will have an opportunity, beginning with Game 1 against Detroit, to have the final word on the most-discussed Knicks season in a quarter century.
Past is prologue now.
The last six months have been the warmup, the practice tee, batting practice. However they’ll be remembered as Knicks, for as long as they are here? That narrative begins this weekend, begins with this series against the young, feisty, chatty Pistons. Conversations develop around games in December and February and March; reputations are solidified in April and May.
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